Npsy tst eval phsy/qhp 1st hr at Childrens Specialized Hospital

150 New Providence Rd, Mountainside, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1396886297

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$270.50

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.

$541.00

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.

$258.00 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $530.18 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 $258.00 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial $324.60 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO $325.84 ↑ +20%
Cigna HMO $325.84 ↑ +20%
Emblem Health Commercial $367.88 ↑ +36%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $409.86 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Local Value $409.86 ↑ +52%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $413.64 ↑ +53%
Aetna Better Health $413.64 ↑ +53%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $413.64 ↑ +53%
Aetna PPO $416.57 ↑ +54%
Aetna HMO $416.57 ↑ +54%
Qualcare Inc HMO $421.98 ↑ +56%
Qualcare Inc PPO $421.98 ↑ +56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $530.18 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $530.18 ↑ +96%

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Npsy tst eval phsy/qhp 1st hr at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $393.00 – $640.16
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $624.87 $175.80 – $1,673.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $579.88 $154.00 – $566.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $587.81 $68.60 – $759.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $587.30 $68.60 – $640.16
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $624.87 $142.00 – $1,353.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $587.81 $175.80 – $705.37
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $587.30 $171.37 – $640.16

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