Biopsy of prostate 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

$2,267.41

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.

$5,957.00

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.

$264.23 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.23 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $988.86 ↓ -56%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,072.26 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -48%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,376.07 ↓ -39%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,267.41 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,267.41 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,267.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,267.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,267.41 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,380.78 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,471.48 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,720.90 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↑ +55%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $4,467.75 ↑ +97%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,467.75 ↑ +97%
HORIZON PIP $4,539.23 ↑ +100%
QUALCARE PPO $4,628.59 ↑ +104%
AETNA ASA $4,664.33 ↑ +106%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,726.28 ↑ +108%
CIGNA BH $4,765.60 ↑ +110%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,063.45 ↑ +123%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,063.45 ↑ +123%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,204.04 ↑ +130%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,242.16 ↑ +131%
HORIZON SHP $5,782.46 ↑ +155%
HORIZON HMO $5,812.84 ↑ +156%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,876.58 ↑ +159%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,893.86 ↑ +160%
HORIZON PPO $5,957.00 ↑ +163%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +176%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +180%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +236%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +348%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +350%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +350%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +545%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Biopsy of prostate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,267.41 $2,267.41 – $2,720.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,412.45 $271.50 – $2,533.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,238.78 $264.23 – $2,686.53
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,269.38 $84.00 – $2,269.38
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,412.45 $271.50 – $2,629.57
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,269.38 $271.50 – $2,723.26
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,267.41 $264.23 – $2,720.90
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $2,238.78 $264.23 – $2,686.53

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