Augmentation cheek bone 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

$6,547.81

Cash price

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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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$12,000.00

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.

$1,555.37 with KARNA vs $19,888.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $1,555.37 ↓ -76%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,992.00 ↓ -70%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,084.00 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,160.00 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -64%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,544.00 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,772.00 ↓ -58%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,784.00 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HMO $5,025.00 ↓ -23%
CIGNA PPO $5,631.00 ↓ -14%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,875.20 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,857.37 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,000.00 ↑ +37%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $9,000.00 ↑ +37%
HORIZON PIP $9,144.00 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE PPO $9,324.00 ↑ +42%
AETNA ASA $9,396.00 ↑ +43%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,520.80 ↑ +45%
CIGNA BH $9,600.00 ↑ +47%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +55%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,200.00 ↑ +56%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $10,200.00 ↑ +56%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +56%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +56%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,483.20 ↑ +60%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,560.00 ↑ +61%
HORIZON SHP $11,486.00 ↑ +75%
HORIZON HMO $11,709.60 ↑ +79%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,838.00 ↑ +81%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $11,872.80 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PPO $12,000.00 ↑ +83%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $16,418.00 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,888.00 ↑ +204%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Augmentation cheek bone at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,547.81 $6,547.81 – $7,857.37
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,966.64 $1,607.91 – $7,314.97
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6,465.11 $1,555.37 – $9,158.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $6,553.49 $1,000.00 – $9,158.16
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $6,966.64 $985.00 – $7,593.63
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $6,553.49 $1,250.00 – $7,864.18
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6,547.81 $1,555.37 – $7,857.37
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $6,465.11 $1,555.37 – $7,758.13

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