Biopsy abdominal mass 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

$1,793.38

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.

$3,410.00

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.

$165.04 with KARNA vs $12,082.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.04 ↓ -91%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $566.06 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $613.80 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $787.71 ↓ -56%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,883.05 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,954.78 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,008.49 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,152.05 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +25%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,323.57 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,352.56 ↑ +31%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +40%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,557.50 ↑ +43%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,557.50 ↑ +43%
HORIZON PIP $2,598.42 ↑ +45%
QUALCARE PPO $2,649.57 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE HMO $2,649.57 ↑ +48%
AETNA ASA $2,670.03 ↑ +49%
CIGNA BH $2,728.00 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,897.48 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,898.50 ↑ +62%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,898.50 ↑ +62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,978.98 ↑ +66%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,000.80 ↑ +67%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,069.00 ↑ +71%
AETNA PPO $3,069.00 ↑ +71%
AETNA HMO $3,069.00 ↑ +71%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,373.85 ↑ +88%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,533.00 ↑ +432%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +466%
HORIZON SHP $10,970.00 ↑ +512%
HORIZON HMO $11,776.00 ↑ +557%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,886.00 ↑ +563%
HORIZON PPO $12,082.00 ↑ +574%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
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