Breath recording infant at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$587.30
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.
$1,214.00
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.
$201.52 with AETNA vs $1,214.00 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 | $201.52 | ↓ -66% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.52 | ↓ -63% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $280.43 | ↓ -52% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $587.30 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $587.30 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $587.30 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $587.30 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $587.30 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $616.66 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $640.16 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $676.00 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $704.76 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $715.05 | ↑ +22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $836.00 | ↑ +42% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $837.54 | ↑ +43% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $877.24 | ↑ +49% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $910.50 | ↑ +55% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $910.50 | ↑ +55% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $925.07 | ↑ +58% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $943.28 | ↑ +61% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $943.28 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA | ASA | $950.56 | ↑ +62% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $963.19 | ↑ +64% |
| CIGNA | BH | $971.20 | ↑ +65% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,031.90 | ↑ +76% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,031.90 | ↑ +76% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,060.55 | ↑ +81% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,068.32 | ↑ +82% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,092.60 | ↑ +86% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,092.60 | ↑ +86% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,092.60 | ↑ +86% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,160.95 | ↑ +98% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,160.95 | ↑ +98% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,178.43 | ↑ +101% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,184.62 | ↑ +102% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,197.61 | ↑ +104% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,201.13 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,214.00 | ↑ +107% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Breath recording infant at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $587.30 | $587.30 – $910.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $624.87 | $499.89 – $5,456.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $579.88 | $389.00 – $623.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $587.81 | $530.60 – $610.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $624.87 | $236.40 – $1,815.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $587.81 | $300.00 – $640.71 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $587.30 | $587.30 – $1,550.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $579.88 | $392.00 – $695.86 |