Assay free hydroxyproline 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

$22.65

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.

$206.00

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.

$18.12 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $206.00 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 $18.12 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $22.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $22.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $22.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $22.65 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.78 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.69 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $27.18 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.50 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $34.20 ↑ +51%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.79 ↑ +111%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $49.72 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $103.79 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $103.79 ↑ +358%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $116.39 ↑ +414%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $116.39 ↑ +414%
QUALCARE HMO $119.69 ↑ +428%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $142.12 ↑ +527%
AETNA PPO $144.20 ↑ +537%
AETNA HMO $144.20 ↑ +537%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $148.86 ↑ +557%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $154.50 ↑ +582%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $154.50 ↑ +582%
HORIZON PIP $156.97 ↑ +593%
QUALCARE PPO $160.06 ↑ +607%
AETNA ASA $161.30 ↑ +612%
HORIZON OMNIA $163.44 ↑ +622%
CIGNA BH $164.80 ↑ +628%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $164.80 ↑ +628%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +673%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +673%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $179.96 ↑ +695%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $181.28 ↑ +700%
HORIZON SHP $199.96 ↑ +783%
HORIZON HMO $201.01 ↑ +787%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $203.22 ↑ +797%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $203.82 ↑ +800%
HORIZON PPO $206.00 ↑ +809%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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