Application clubfoot cast 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

$174.65

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.

$367.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $14,615.00 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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $60.92 ↓ -65%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $66.06 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $84.78 ↓ -51%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $174.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $174.65 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $190.37 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $209.58 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.21 ↑ +32%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $275.25 ↑ +58%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $275.25 ↑ +58%
HORIZON PIP $279.65 ↑ +60%
QUALCARE PPO $285.16 ↑ +63%
AETNA ASA $287.36 ↑ +65%
HORIZON OMNIA $291.18 ↑ +67%
CIGNA BH $293.60 ↑ +68%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $311.95 ↑ +79%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $311.95 ↑ +79%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $320.61 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $322.96 ↑ +85%
HORIZON SHP $356.25 ↑ +104%
HORIZON HMO $358.12 ↑ +105%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $362.05 ↑ +107%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $363.11 ↑ +108%
HORIZON PPO $367.00 ↑ +110%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +581%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +946%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +1506%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +1798%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +3482%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +5719%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +5741%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +5741%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +8268%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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