Amylase 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

$6.48

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.

$478.00

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.

$5.18 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $58.00 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 $5.18 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.48 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.80 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.06 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7.78 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.44 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.63 ↑ +49%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.46 ↑ +108%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.23 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14.48 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $14.48 ↑ +123%
CIGNA PPO $29.69 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $29.69 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $33.70 ↑ +420%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $40.01 ↑ +517%
AETNA PPO $40.60 ↑ +527%
AETNA HMO $40.60 ↑ +527%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $41.91 ↑ +547%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +571%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +571%
HORIZON PIP $44.20 ↑ +582%
QUALCARE PPO $45.07 ↑ +596%
AETNA ASA $45.41 ↑ +601%
HORIZON OMNIA $46.02 ↑ +610%
CIGNA BH $46.40 ↑ +616%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $46.40 ↑ +616%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +661%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +661%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $50.67 ↑ +682%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $51.04 ↑ +688%
HORIZON SHP $56.30 ↑ +769%
HORIZON HMO $56.60 ↑ +773%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $57.22 ↑ +783%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.39 ↑ +786%
HORIZON PPO $58.00 ↑ +795%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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