X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$192.42

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.

$926.00

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.

$42.28 with Wellpoint vs $840.53 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 $42.28 ↓ -78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $51.76 ↓ -73%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $82.37 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $82.37 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $82.37 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $82.37 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $83.91 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Local Value $83.91 ↓ -56%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $108.45 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare $125.23 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $125.23 ↓ -35%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -35%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare $127.73 ↓ -34%
Aetna PPO $129.47 ↓ -33%
Aetna HMO $129.47 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -8%
Emblem Health Commercial $237.94 ↑ +24%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $249.21 ↑ +30%
Cigna Local Plus $251.64 ↑ +31%
Cigna PPO $251.64 ↑ +31%
Cigna HMO $251.64 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Community Plan $255.39 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $260.29 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $279.74 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial $555.60 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $654.68 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $776.17 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $840.53 ↑ +337%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $343.20 $124.41 – $124.41
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $173.81 $32.67 – $251.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $255.97 $51.76 – $251.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $192.05 $51.76 – $251.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $239.27 $51.76 – $251.64
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $247.50 $31.56 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $251.62 $33.63 – $251.64
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $202.60 $51.76 – $251.64

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