#acylcarnitineprfl at Jersey Shore University Medical Center

1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$16.87

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.

$1,111.00

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.

$13.50 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $91.00 with HORIZON — 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $13.50 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $15.11 ↓ -10%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.87 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.87 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.87 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.39 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.24 ↑ +20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.11 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.97 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $37.03 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $51.42 ↑ +205%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $51.42 ↑ +205%
QUALCARE HMO $52.87 ↑ +213%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $62.78 ↑ +272%
AETNA PPO $63.70 ↑ +278%
AETNA HMO $63.70 ↑ +278%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $65.76 ↑ +290%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $68.25 ↑ +305%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $68.25 ↑ +305%
HORIZON PIP $69.34 ↑ +311%
QUALCARE PPO $70.71 ↑ +319%
AETNA ASA $71.25 ↑ +322%
HORIZON OMNIA $72.20 ↑ +328%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $72.80 ↑ +332%
CIGNA BH $72.80 ↑ +332%
CIGNA PPO $77.30 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $77.30 ↑ +358%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $77.35 ↑ +359%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $77.35 ↑ +359%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $79.50 ↑ +371%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $80.08 ↑ +375%
HORIZON SHP $88.33 ↑ +424%
HORIZON HMO $88.80 ↑ +426%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $89.77 ↑ +432%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $90.04 ↑ +434%
HORIZON PPO $91.00 ↑ +439%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $16.87 $16.87 – $77.30
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.87 $13.50 – $75.75
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16.87 $16.87 – $77.30
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.87 $16.87 – $79.39
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $16.87 $15.68 – $77.30
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $16.87 $16.87 – $77.30
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.87 $10.99 – $77.30
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $16.87 $16.87 – $77.30

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