Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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

$17.03

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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.

$165.00

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.

$13.62 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $165.00 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 $13.62 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.03 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.56 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.44 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.18 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $27.39 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $37.39 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $38.06 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $38.06 ↑ +123%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.28 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HMO $78.04 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $78.04 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $95.87 ↑ +463%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $113.83 ↑ +568%
AETNA PPO $115.50 ↑ +578%
AETNA HMO $115.50 ↑ +578%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $119.23 ↑ +600%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +627%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +627%
HORIZON PIP $125.73 ↑ +638%
QUALCARE PPO $128.21 ↑ +653%
AETNA ASA $129.20 ↑ +659%
HORIZON OMNIA $130.91 ↑ +669%
CIGNA BH $132.00 ↑ +675%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $132.00 ↑ +675%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +724%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +724%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $144.14 ↑ +746%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $145.20 ↑ +753%
HORIZON SHP $160.17 ↑ +841%
HORIZON HMO $161.01 ↑ +845%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $162.77 ↑ +856%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $163.25 ↑ +859%
HORIZON PPO $165.00 ↑ +869%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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