#cf-97variants 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

$556.60

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.

$1,530.00

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.

$153.00 with HORIZON vs $2,550.54 with CIGNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $153.00 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $253.98 ↓ -54%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $354.96 ↓ -36%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $445.28 ↓ -20%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $556.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $556.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $556.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $556.60 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.43 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $606.69 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $667.92 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $724.97 ↑ +30%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $864.45 ↑ +55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $864.45 ↑ +55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $874.42 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE HMO $888.93 ↑ +60%
AETNA PPO $1,071.00 ↑ +92%
AETNA HMO $1,071.00 ↑ +92%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,105.58 ↑ +99%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,147.50 ↑ +106%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,147.50 ↑ +106%
HORIZON PIP $1,165.86 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE PPO $1,188.81 ↑ +114%
AETNA ASA $1,197.99 ↑ +115%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,213.90 ↑ +118%
CIGNA BH $1,224.00 ↑ +120%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,224.00 ↑ +120%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,300.50 ↑ +134%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,300.50 ↑ +134%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,336.61 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,346.40 ↑ +142%
HORIZON SHP $1,485.17 ↑ +167%
HORIZON HMO $1,492.97 ↑ +168%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,509.35 ↑ +171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,513.78 ↑ +172%
HORIZON PPO $1,530.00 ↑ +175%
CIGNA PPO $2,550.54 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $2,550.54 ↑ +358%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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#cf-97variants at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $556.60 $556.60 – $2,550.54
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $556.60 $445.28 – $2,499.41
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $556.60 $489.81 – $2,550.54
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $556.60 $489.81 – $2,619.49
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $556.60 $556.60 – $2,550.54
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $556.60 $556.60 – $2,550.54
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $556.60 $556.60 – $2,550.54
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $556.60 $556.60 – $2,550.54

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