X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$157.30

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.

$757.00

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.

$33.62 with Wellpoint vs $687.12 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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 $33.62 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $45.10 ↓ -71%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $55.77 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $55.77 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $55.77 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $55.77 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Local Value $61.54 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $61.54 ↓ -61%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $70.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna PPO $94.12 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $94.12 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare $125.23 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare $125.23 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -20%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $127.73 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +13%
Cigna Local Plus $182.16 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $182.16 ↑ +16%
Cigna HMO $182.16 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Community Plan $208.78 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $212.79 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $228.68 ↑ +45%
Emblem Health Commercial $237.94 ↑ +51%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $249.21 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial $454.20 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $535.19 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $634.51 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $687.12 ↑ +337%

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other New-jersey hospitals

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $142.08 $25.98 – $232.44
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