Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min 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

$33.04

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.

$96.00

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.

$15.94 with AETNA vs $561.00 with OXFORD — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $15.94 ↓ -52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.28 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $22.18 ↓ -33%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.27 ↓ -33%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $26.43 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.04 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $33.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $33.04 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.69 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.01 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $39.65 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.32 ↑ +31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $56.54 ↑ +71%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↑ +82%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $69.37 ↑ +110%
HORIZON PIP $73.15 ↑ +121%
QUALCARE PPO $74.59 ↑ +126%
AETNA ASA $75.17 ↑ +128%
HORIZON OMNIA $76.17 ↑ +131%
CIGNA BH $76.80 ↑ +132%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $81.60 ↑ +147%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $81.60 ↑ +147%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $83.87 ↑ +154%
AETNA PPO $86.40 ↑ +162%
AETNA HMO $86.40 ↑ +162%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $86.40 ↑ +162%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $87.17 ↑ +164%
CIGNA HMO $91.80 ↑ +178%
CIGNA PPO $91.80 ↑ +178%
HORIZON SHP $93.19 ↑ +182%
HORIZON HMO $93.68 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $94.70 ↑ +187%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $94.98 ↑ +187%
HORIZON PPO $96.00 ↑ +191%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +578%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +578%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $262.00 ↑ +693%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.00 ↑ +781%
QUALCARE HMO $306.00 ↑ +826%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $367.00 ↑ +1011%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +1598%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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