Artery x-rays lung 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

$3,483.84

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.

$8,507.00

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.

$236.32 with KARNA vs $8,507.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $236.32 ↓ -93%
AETNA HMO $254.45 ↓ -93%
AETNA PPO $254.45 ↓ -93%
CIGNA PPO $276.42 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HMO $276.42 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $943.10 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,412.16 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,531.26 ↓ -56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,965.12 ↓ -44%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,483.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,483.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,483.84 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,483.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,483.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,658.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,797.39 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,180.61 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,806.46 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,806.46 ↑ +38%
QUALCARE HMO $4,942.57 ↑ +42%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,147.16 ↑ +76%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,380.25 ↑ +83%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $6,380.25 ↑ +83%
HORIZON PIP $6,482.33 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE PPO $6,609.94 ↑ +90%
AETNA ASA $6,660.98 ↑ +91%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,749.45 ↑ +94%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,805.60 ↑ +95%
CIGNA BH $6,805.60 ↑ +95%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,230.95 ↑ +108%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,230.95 ↑ +108%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,431.72 ↑ +113%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,486.16 ↑ +115%
HORIZON SHP $8,257.74 ↑ +137%
HORIZON HMO $8,301.13 ↑ +138%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,392.16 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,416.83 ↑ +142%
HORIZON PPO $8,507.00 ↑ +144%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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