Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$258.00

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.

$516.00

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.

$51.60 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $505.68 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 $51.60 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial $309.60 ↑ +20%
Cigna HMO $310.78 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO $310.78 ↑ +20%
Emblem Health Commercial $350.88 ↑ +36%
Amerihealth Local Value $390.92 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $390.92 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Nexus $394.00 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $394.00 ↑ +53%
Aetna Better Health $394.53 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $394.53 ↑ +53%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $394.53 ↑ +53%
Aetna HMO $397.32 ↑ +54%
Aetna PPO $397.32 ↑ +54%
Qualcare Inc PPO $402.48 ↑ +56%
Qualcare Inc HMO $402.48 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Community Plan $406.35 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $464.00 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $464.00 ↑ +80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $505.68 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $505.68 ↑ +96%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $443.34 $31.89 – $1,445.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $590.35 $58.78 – $1,483.40
Community Medical Center Toms River $489.87 $60.20 – $1,437.78
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $428.03 $58.07 – $1,475.98
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $580.32 $32.82 – $1,483.40
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $490.82 $41.26 – $1,549.31
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $516.80 $116.14 – $1,456.18
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $731.75 $731.75 – $878.09

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