X-ray joint survey 1 view 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

$66.70

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.

$321.00

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.

$28.47 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $291.37 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $28.47 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $31.56 ↓ -53%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $44.48 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $44.48 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $44.48 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $44.48 ↓ -33%
Aetna PPO $81.43 ↑ +22%
Aetna HMO $81.43 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Community Plan $88.53 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $90.23 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $96.97 ↑ +45%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $107.69 ↑ +61%
Amerihealth Local Value $107.69 ↑ +61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare $125.23 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare $125.23 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↑ +88%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↑ +88%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Medicare $127.73 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↑ +115%
Cigna Local Plus $159.58 ↑ +139%
Cigna PPO $159.58 ↑ +139%
Cigna HMO $159.58 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +166%
First Health Commercial $192.60 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $226.94 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $226.94 ↑ +240%
Emblem Health Commercial $237.94 ↑ +257%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $249.21 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $269.06 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $291.37 ↑ +337%

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X-ray joint survey 1 view at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $60.25 $24.39 – $561.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $54.67 $28.47 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $66.57 $28.47 – $231.28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $53.74 $25.11 – $238.62
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $58.74 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $25.81 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $58.74 – $153.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $90.43 – $312.47

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