Venous sampling s&i at Jersey City Medical Center

355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,459.31

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$11,835.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$70.77 with Wellpoint vs $12,668.50 with Wellcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $70.77 ↓ -97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $172.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna PPO $218.14 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $218.14 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $299.72 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $299.72 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $299.72 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $299.72 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $416.43 ↓ -83%
Cigna Local Plus $416.43 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $416.43 ↓ -83%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,196.73 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Community Plan $3,264.09 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $3,326.81 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $3,575.35 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6,366.08 ↑ +159%
Humana Medicare $6,366.08 ↑ +159%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $6,366.08 ↑ +159%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $6,366.08 ↑ +159%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6,366.08 ↑ +159%
Aetna Medicare $6,366.08 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,493.40 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare Nexus $6,887.28 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $6,887.28 ↑ +180%
First Health Commercial $7,101.00 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,261.98 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $7,261.98 ↑ +195%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $8,367.34 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $9,920.09 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,742.62 ↑ +337%
Emblem Health Commercial $12,095.55 ↑ +392%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $12,668.50 ↑ +415%

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Venous sampling s&i at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $2,221.42 $54.68 – $11,815.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,507.83 $172.20 – $12,129.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $2,454.57 $172.20 – $11,756.48
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,465.23 $56.29 – $12,129.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $2,589.49 $172.20 – $11,906.87
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5,983.35 $258.32 – $12,915.78
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,366.08 $156.10 – $14,752.37
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $5,907.78 $193.28 – $5,907.78

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