Bilirubin direct 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

$5.02

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.

$87.00

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.

$4.02 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $87.00 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 $4.02 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.02 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.02 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.02 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.02 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.02 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.02 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.02 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.27 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.47 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.02 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.54 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.03 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.22 ↑ +124%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.22 ↑ +124%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.44 ↑ +188%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.18 ↑ +302%
CIGNA HMO $23.00 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $23.00 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $50.55 ↑ +907%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.02 ↑ +1096%
AETNA PPO $60.90 ↑ +1113%
AETNA HMO $60.90 ↑ +1113%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $62.87 ↑ +1152%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $65.25 ↑ +1200%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $65.25 ↑ +1200%
HORIZON PIP $66.29 ↑ +1221%
QUALCARE PPO $67.60 ↑ +1247%
AETNA ASA $68.12 ↑ +1257%
HORIZON OMNIA $69.03 ↑ +1275%
CIGNA BH $69.60 ↑ +1286%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $69.60 ↑ +1286%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $73.95 ↑ +1373%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $73.95 ↑ +1373%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $76.00 ↑ +1414%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $76.56 ↑ +1425%
HORIZON SHP $84.45 ↑ +1582%
HORIZON HMO $84.89 ↑ +1591%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $85.83 ↑ +1610%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $86.08 ↑ +1615%
HORIZON PPO $87.00 ↑ +1633%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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