Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1.66

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.

$0.30 with CLOVER vs $5.95 with KARNA — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.30
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.35
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.39
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $0.48
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $0.53
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $0.75
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.75
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $0.81
CIGNA HMO $0.82
CIGNA PPO $0.82
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $0.83
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $0.83
QUALCARE PPO $0.85
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $0.85
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $0.94
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $0.94
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $0.98
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1.00
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1.00
AETNA HMO $1.01
AETNA PPO $1.01
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1.15
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1.20
HORIZON PIP $1.26
AETNA ASA $1.30
HORIZON OMNIA $1.32
CIGNA BH $1.33
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1.41
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1.41
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1.49
HORIZON SHP $1.61
HORIZON HMO $1.62
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1.64
HORIZON PPO $1.66
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.95
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
QUALCARE HMO not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital

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JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $0.91 – $6.07
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