Bronchial challenge at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$344.68
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.
$1,788.00
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.
$106.30 with KARNA vs $1,788.00 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.30 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $296.81 | ↓ -14% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $321.84 | ↓ -7% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $361.91 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $375.70 | ↑ +9% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $413.03 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $413.61 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $676.00 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $836.00 | ↑ +143% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,053.13 | ↑ +206% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,233.54 | ↑ +258% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,292.01 | ↑ +275% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,341.00 | ↑ +289% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,341.00 | ↑ +289% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,362.46 | ↑ +295% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,389.28 | ↑ +303% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,389.28 | ↑ +303% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,400.00 | ↑ +306% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,418.60 | ↑ +312% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,430.40 | ↑ +315% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,519.80 | ↑ +341% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,519.80 | ↑ +341% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,562.00 | ↑ +353% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,573.44 | ↑ +356% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,609.20 | ↑ +367% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,609.20 | ↑ +367% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,609.20 | ↑ +367% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,709.86 | ↑ +396% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,709.86 | ↑ +396% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,735.61 | ↑ +404% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,744.73 | ↑ +406% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,763.86 | ↑ +412% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,769.05 | ↑ +413% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,788.00 | ↑ +419% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Bronchial challenge at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $344.68 – $910.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $111.19 – $5,456.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $340.32 | $106.30 – $408.39 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $111.19 – $610.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $366.72 | $111.19 – $1,815.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $344.98 | $111.19 – $1,120.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $344.68 | $106.30 – $1,550.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $340.32 | $106.30 – $408.39 |