Biospy of bladder 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

$269.20

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$646.00

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.

$107.24 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $107.24 ↓ -60%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.28 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $149.23 ↓ -45%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $269.20 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $269.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $269.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $269.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $269.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.66 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $293.43 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $323.04 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $484.50 ↑ +80%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $484.50 ↑ +80%
HORIZON PIP $492.25 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE PPO $501.94 ↑ +86%
AETNA ASA $505.82 ↑ +88%
HORIZON OMNIA $512.54 ↑ +90%
CIGNA BH $516.80 ↑ +92%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $549.10 ↑ +104%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $549.10 ↑ +104%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $564.35 ↑ +110%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $568.48 ↑ +111%
CIGNA PPO $580.69 ↑ +116%
CIGNA HMO $580.69 ↑ +116%
HORIZON SHP $627.07 ↑ +133%
HORIZON HMO $630.37 ↑ +134%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $637.28 ↑ +137%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $639.15 ↑ +137%
HORIZON PPO $646.00 ↑ +140%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +342%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +579%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +942%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +1131%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +2224%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +3675%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +3690%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +3690%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +5329%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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