Catecholamines,fractionated, urine 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

$27.30

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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.

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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.

$21.84 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $125.10 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $21.84 ↓ -20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $27.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $27.30 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.30 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $27.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.30 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $27.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.67 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.76 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $32.76 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.56 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $37.74 ↑ +38%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $61.02 ↑ +124%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $61.02 ↑ +124%
CIGNA PPO $125.10 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $125.10 ↑ +358%

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Catecholamines,fractionated, urine at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $27.30 $27.30 – $125.10
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $27.30 $17.84 – $122.59
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $27.30 $13.20 – $125.10
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $27.30 $13.20 – $128.48
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $27.30 $19.68 – $125.10
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $27.30 $27.00 – $125.10
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $27.30 $13.80 – $125.10
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $27.30 $27.30 – $125.10

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