Brachy src stranded c-131 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

$119.39

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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$1,696.32

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.

$119.39 with VACCN vs $1,441.87 with MULTIPLAN - PHCS — 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $119.39 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $119.39 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $119.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.36 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $130.13 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $143.26 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $305.34 ↑ +156%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $493.46 ↑ +313%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $539.77 ↑ +352%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $759.27 ↑ +536%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $763.34 ↑ +539%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $763.34 ↑ +539%
QUALCARE HMO $793.88 ↑ +565%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $831.20 ↑ +596%
CIGNA HMO $839.68 ↑ +603%
CIGNA PPO $839.68 ↑ +603%
HORIZON PPO $848.16 ↑ +610%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $848.16 ↑ +610%
HORIZON HMO $848.16 ↑ +610%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $848.16 ↑ +610%
HORIZON OMNIA $848.16 ↑ +610%
HORIZON SHP $848.16 ↑ +610%
QUALCARE PPO $873.60 ↑ +632%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $873.60 ↑ +632%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $890.57 ↑ +646%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $899.05 ↑ +653%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $904.65 ↑ +658%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $999.13 ↑ +737%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,017.79 ↑ +752%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,017.79 ↑ +752%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,225.76 ↑ +927%
HORIZON PIP $1,292.60 ↑ +983%
AETNA ASA $1,328.22 ↑ +1013%
CIGNA BH $1,357.06 ↑ +1037%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,441.87 ↑ +1108%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,441.87 ↑ +1108%
AETNA PPO not published by hospital
AETNA HMO not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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