Aspa gene 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

$47.25

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.

$1,057.00

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.

$20.10 with HORIZON vs $216.52 with CIGNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $20.10 ↓ -57%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $33.37 ↓ -29%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $37.80 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.63 ↓ -1%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $47.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.25 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.50 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $56.70 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.54 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $74.23 ↑ +57%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $113.57 ↑ +140%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $113.57 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE HMO $116.78 ↑ +147%
AETNA PPO $140.70 ↑ +198%
AETNA HMO $140.70 ↑ +198%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $145.24 ↑ +207%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $150.75 ↑ +219%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $150.75 ↑ +219%
HORIZON PIP $153.16 ↑ +224%
QUALCARE PPO $156.18 ↑ +231%
AETNA ASA $157.38 ↑ +233%
HORIZON OMNIA $159.47 ↑ +238%
CIGNA BH $160.80 ↑ +240%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $160.80 ↑ +240%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $170.85 ↑ +262%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $170.85 ↑ +262%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $175.59 ↑ +272%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $176.88 ↑ +274%
HORIZON SHP $195.11 ↑ +313%
HORIZON HMO $196.14 ↑ +315%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $198.29 ↑ +320%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $198.87 ↑ +321%
HORIZON PPO $201.00 ↑ +325%
CIGNA PPO $216.52 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $216.52 ↑ +358%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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