Auditory function 60 min 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

$173.18

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.

$752.00

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.

$124.83 with AETNA vs $752.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $124.83 ↓ -28%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $129.10 ↓ -25%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.36 ↓ -22%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $173.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $173.18 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $173.71 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $181.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.77 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $207.82 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $328.00 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $442.93 ↑ +156%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $443.00 ↑ +156%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $502.00 ↑ +190%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $512.41 ↑ +196%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $518.80 ↑ +200%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $543.40 ↑ +214%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $564.00 ↑ +226%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $564.00 ↑ +226%
HORIZON PIP $573.02 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE HMO $584.30 ↑ +237%
QUALCARE PPO $584.30 ↑ +237%
AETNA ASA $588.82 ↑ +240%
HORIZON OMNIA $596.64 ↑ +245%
CIGNA BH $601.60 ↑ +247%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $639.20 ↑ +269%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $639.20 ↑ +269%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $661.76 ↑ +282%
AETNA HMO $676.80 ↑ +291%
AETNA PPO $676.80 ↑ +291%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $676.80 ↑ +291%
CIGNA HMO $719.14 ↑ +315%
CIGNA PPO $719.14 ↑ +315%
HORIZON SHP $729.97 ↑ +322%
HORIZON HMO $733.80 ↑ +324%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $741.85 ↑ +328%
HORIZON PPO $752.00 ↑ +334%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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