Carbohydrate urine - sendout 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

$5.50

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.

$583.00

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.

$4.40 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $246.00 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.

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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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $4.40 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.50 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.50 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.78 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.00 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.60 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.16 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.08 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $25.20 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $25.20 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $40.84 ↑ +643%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.07 ↑ +938%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $138.99 ↑ +2427%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $138.99 ↑ +2427%
QUALCARE HMO $142.93 ↑ +2499%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $169.72 ↑ +2986%
AETNA PPO $172.20 ↑ +3031%
AETNA HMO $172.20 ↑ +3031%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $177.76 ↑ +3132%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $184.50 ↑ +3255%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $184.50 ↑ +3255%
HORIZON PIP $187.45 ↑ +3308%
QUALCARE PPO $191.14 ↑ +3375%
AETNA ASA $192.62 ↑ +3402%
HORIZON OMNIA $195.18 ↑ +3449%
CIGNA BH $196.80 ↑ +3478%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $196.80 ↑ +3478%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $209.10 ↑ +3702%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $209.10 ↑ +3702%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $214.91 ↑ +3807%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $216.48 ↑ +3836%
HORIZON SHP $238.79 ↑ +4242%
HORIZON HMO $240.05 ↑ +4265%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $242.68 ↑ +4312%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $243.39 ↑ +4325%
HORIZON PPO $246.00 ↑ +4373%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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