C-reactive protein at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$5.18
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.
$108.00
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.
$4.14 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $108.00 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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| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.14 | ↓ -20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.18 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.44 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.65 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $6.22 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.75 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.36 | ↑ +119% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $11.58 | ↑ +124% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.58 | ↑ +124% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $17.93 | ↑ +246% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $23.74 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $23.74 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.06 | ↑ +384% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $62.75 | ↑ +1111% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $74.51 | ↑ +1338% |
| AETNA | PPO | $75.60 | ↑ +1359% |
| AETNA | HMO | $75.60 | ↑ +1359% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $78.04 | ↑ +1407% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $81.00 | ↑ +1464% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $81.00 | ↑ +1464% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $82.30 | ↑ +1489% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $83.92 | ↑ +1520% |
| AETNA | ASA | $84.56 | ↑ +1532% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $85.69 | ↑ +1554% |
| CIGNA | BH | $86.40 | ↑ +1568% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $86.40 | ↑ +1568% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $91.80 | ↑ +1672% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $91.80 | ↑ +1672% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $94.35 | ↑ +1721% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $95.04 | ↑ +1735% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $104.84 | ↑ +1924% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $105.39 | ↑ +1935% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $106.54 | ↑ +1957% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $106.86 | ↑ +1963% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $108.00 | ↑ +1985% |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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C-reactive protein at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $43.20 | $15.66 – $15.66 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $5.18 | $5.18 – $23.74 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $5.18 | $4.14 – $23.26 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $5.18 | $3.30 – $23.74 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $5.18 | $3.30 – $24.38 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $5.18 | $4.92 – $23.74 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $5.18 | $5.18 – $23.74 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $5.18 | $3.45 – $23.74 |