Borrelia antibody 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

$13.38

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.

$328.00

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.

$10.70 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $328.00 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 $10.70 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.58 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $16.06 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.43 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $29.36 ↑ +119%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $54.45 ↑ +307%
CIGNA PPO $61.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $61.31 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $76.10 ↑ +469%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $185.32 ↑ +1285%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $185.32 ↑ +1285%
QUALCARE HMO $190.57 ↑ +1324%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $226.29 ↑ +1591%
AETNA PPO $229.60 ↑ +1616%
AETNA HMO $229.60 ↑ +1616%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $237.01 ↑ +1671%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $246.00 ↑ +1739%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $246.00 ↑ +1739%
HORIZON PIP $249.94 ↑ +1768%
QUALCARE PPO $254.86 ↑ +1805%
AETNA ASA $256.82 ↑ +1819%
HORIZON OMNIA $260.24 ↑ +1845%
CIGNA BH $262.40 ↑ +1861%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $262.40 ↑ +1861%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1984%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1984%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $286.54 ↑ +2042%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $288.64 ↑ +2057%
HORIZON SHP $318.39 ↑ +2280%
HORIZON HMO $320.06 ↑ +2292%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $323.57 ↑ +2318%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $324.52 ↑ +2325%
HORIZON PPO $328.00 ↑ +2351%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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