Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r at Childrens Specialized Hospital
150 New Providence Rd, Mountainside, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396886297
$280.00
Cash price 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.
$560.00
Gross charge 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.
$139.11 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $548.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $139.11 | ↓ -50% |
| First Health | Commercial | $336.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | PPO | $337.28 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | HMO | $337.28 | ↑ +20% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $380.80 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $394.00 | ↑ +41% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $394.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $424.25 | ↑ +52% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $424.25 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $428.17 | ↑ +53% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $428.17 | ↑ +53% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $428.17 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | PPO | $431.20 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | HMO | $431.20 | ↑ +54% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO | $436.80 | ↑ +56% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO | $436.80 | ↑ +56% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $441.00 | ↑ +58% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $464.00 | ↑ +66% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $464.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $548.80 | ↑ +96% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $548.80 | ↑ +96% |
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Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $401.12 | $105.92 – $698.74 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $394.31 | $59.07 – $698.74 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $393.36 | $74.26 – $729.77 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $414.18 | $209.30 – $685.91 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $304.00 – $465.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $195.17 – $487.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $340.32 | $116.00 – $499.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $116.00 – $627.00 |