Application of body 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

$293.96

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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.

$631.00

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 $104.75 ↓ -64%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.58 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $145.76 ↓ -50%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $293.96 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $293.96 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $293.96 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $293.96 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $293.96 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $308.66 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $320.42 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $335.67 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $352.75 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $473.25 ↑ +61%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $473.25 ↑ +61%
HORIZON PIP $480.82 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE PPO $490.29 ↑ +67%
AETNA ASA $494.07 ↑ +68%
HORIZON OMNIA $500.64 ↑ +70%
CIGNA BH $504.80 ↑ +72%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $536.35 ↑ +82%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $536.35 ↑ +82%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $551.24 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $555.28 ↑ +89%
HORIZON SHP $612.51 ↑ +108%
HORIZON HMO $615.73 ↑ +109%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $622.48 ↑ +112%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $624.31 ↑ +112%
HORIZON PPO $631.00 ↑ +115%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +304%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +522%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +854%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +1028%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +2028%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +3357%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +3371%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +3371%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +4872%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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