Ammonia at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$14.57
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.
$183.00
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.
$11.66 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $183.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.66 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.57 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.30 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.88 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $17.48 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.98 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $30.38 | ↑ +109% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $31.99 | ↑ +120% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $32.56 | ↑ +123% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $32.56 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $42.46 | ↑ +191% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $66.76 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $66.76 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $106.32 | ↑ +630% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $126.25 | ↑ +767% |
| AETNA | PPO | $128.10 | ↑ +779% |
| AETNA | HMO | $128.10 | ↑ +779% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $132.24 | ↑ +808% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $137.25 | ↑ +842% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $137.25 | ↑ +842% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $139.45 | ↑ +857% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $142.19 | ↑ +876% |
| AETNA | ASA | $143.29 | ↑ +883% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $145.19 | ↑ +896% |
| CIGNA | BH | $146.40 | ↑ +905% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $146.40 | ↑ +905% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $155.55 | ↑ +968% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $155.55 | ↑ +968% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $159.87 | ↑ +997% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $161.04 | ↑ +1005% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $177.64 | ↑ +1119% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $178.57 | ↑ +1126% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $180.53 | ↑ +1139% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $181.06 | ↑ +1143% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $183.00 | ↑ +1156% |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Ammonia at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $73.20 | $26.54 – $26.54 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $14.57 | $14.57 – $66.76 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $14.57 | $8.92 – $65.43 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $14.57 | $6.60 – $66.76 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $14.57 | $6.60 – $68.57 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $14.57 | $9.84 – $66.76 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $14.57 | $14.57 – $66.76 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $14.57 | $6.90 – $66.76 |