Assay of feces porphyrins at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$39.11
Cash price 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.
$290.00
Gross charge 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.
$31.29 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $290.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $31.29 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.11 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.07 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $42.63 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $46.93 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $48.14 | ↑ +23% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $50.94 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $55.91 | ↑ +43% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.28 | ↑ +72% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $163.85 | ↑ +319% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $163.85 | ↑ +319% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $168.49 | ↑ +331% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $179.22 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $179.22 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $200.07 | ↑ +412% |
| AETNA | PPO | $203.00 | ↑ +419% |
| AETNA | HMO | $203.00 | ↑ +419% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $209.55 | ↑ +436% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $217.50 | ↑ +456% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $217.50 | ↑ +456% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $220.98 | ↑ +465% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $225.33 | ↑ +476% |
| AETNA | ASA | $227.07 | ↑ +481% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $230.09 | ↑ +488% |
| CIGNA | BH | $232.00 | ↑ +493% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $232.00 | ↑ +493% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $246.50 | ↑ +530% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $246.50 | ↑ +530% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $253.34 | ↑ +548% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $255.20 | ↑ +553% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $281.50 | ↑ +620% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $282.98 | ↑ +624% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $286.09 | ↑ +632% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $286.93 | ↑ +634% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $290.00 | ↑ +641% |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of feces porphyrins at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $39.11 | $39.11 – $179.22 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $39.11 | $31.29 – $175.62 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $39.11 | $37.95 – $179.22 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $39.11 | $37.95 – $184.06 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $39.11 | $39.11 – $179.22 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $39.11 | $39.11 – $179.22 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $39.11 | $39.11 – $179.22 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $39.11 | $39.11 – $179.22 |