X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$92.67

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.

$446.00

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.

$27.03 with Wellpoint vs $404.83 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 $27.03 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Local Value $37.76 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $37.76 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $39.15 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $39.15 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $39.15 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $39.15 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $42.30 ↓ -54%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $47.56 ↓ -49%
Aetna PPO $85.97 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $85.97 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare $103.69 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare $103.69 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $103.69 ↑ +12%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $103.69 ↑ +12%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $103.69 ↑ +12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $103.69 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Medicare $105.76 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Nexus $116.42 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $116.42 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $123.00 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $125.37 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Commercial $126.10 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $126.10 ↑ +36%
Aetna Better Health $134.73 ↑ +45%
Cigna HMO $166.54 ↑ +80%
Cigna Local Plus $166.54 ↑ +80%
Cigna PPO $166.54 ↑ +80%
Emblem Health Commercial $197.01 ↑ +113%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $206.34 ↑ +123%
First Health Commercial $267.60 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $315.32 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $373.83 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $404.83 ↑ +337%

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $83.71 $20.89 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $94.50 $37.76 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $92.50 $37.76 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $72.20 $37.83 – $196.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $92.90 $21.50 – $197.58
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $36.37 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $38.34 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $36.37 – $115.88

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