Blood smear interpretation at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
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Cash price 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.
$68.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.29 with AETNA vs $68.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.29 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.42 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $15.71 | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.78 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $38.42 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $38.42 | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $39.51 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.74 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $42.43 | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $46.91 | — |
| AETNA | HMO | $47.60 | — |
| AETNA | PPO | $47.60 | — |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $49.14 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $51.00 | — |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $51.00 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $51.82 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $52.84 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $53.24 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $53.95 | — |
| CIGNA | BH | $54.40 | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $54.40 | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.80 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.80 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $59.40 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $59.84 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $65.03 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $65.03 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $66.01 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $66.35 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $67.08 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $67.28 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $68.00 | — |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Blood smear interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | $42.43 – $50.84 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | not published | $11.89 – $276.82 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | not published | $8.80 – $41.74 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $8.80 – $54.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | not published | $13.12 – $104.48 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | not published | $42.43 – $50.84 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | not published | $9.20 – $50.84 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | not published | $41.74 – $42.43 |