Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$219.93

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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.

$578.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $14,615.00 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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.82 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $95.95 ↓ -56%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.04 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $133.52 ↓ -39%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $219.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $219.93 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $219.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $219.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $219.93 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.93 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $239.73 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $263.92 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $433.50 ↑ +97%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $433.50 ↑ +97%
HORIZON PIP $440.44 ↑ +100%
QUALCARE PPO $449.11 ↑ +104%
AETNA ASA $452.57 ↑ +106%
HORIZON OMNIA $458.59 ↑ +109%
CIGNA BH $462.40 ↑ +110%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $491.30 ↑ +123%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $491.30 ↑ +123%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $504.94 ↑ +130%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $508.64 ↑ +131%
HORIZON SHP $561.06 ↑ +155%
HORIZON HMO $564.01 ↑ +156%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $570.20 ↑ +159%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $571.87 ↑ +160%
HORIZON PPO $578.00 ↑ +163%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +441%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +731%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +1175%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +1407%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +2745%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +4521%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +4539%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +4539%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +6545%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $219.93 $219.93 – $263.92
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $234.00 $59.26 – $245.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $217.16 $57.82 – $260.59
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $220.12 $59.26 – $220.12
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $234.00 $59.26 – $255.06
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $220.12 $59.26 – $264.15
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $219.93 $57.82 – $263.92
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $217.16 $57.82 – $260.59

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