Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$117.70

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.

$622.00

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.

$47.92 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $622.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.92 ↓ -59%
AETNA PPO $74.78 ↓ -36%
AETNA HMO $74.78 ↓ -36%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $83.81 ↓ -29%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $87.96 ↓ -25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $89.48 ↓ -24%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $103.25 ↓ -12%
CIGNA PPO $108.47 ↓ -8%
CIGNA HMO $108.47 ↓ -8%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.96 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $117.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.30 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.24 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $143.68 ↑ +22%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $334.81 ↑ +184%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $334.81 ↑ +184%
QUALCARE HMO $361.38 ↑ +207%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $449.46 ↑ +282%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $466.50 ↑ +296%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $466.50 ↑ +296%
HORIZON PIP $473.96 ↑ +303%
QUALCARE PPO $483.29 ↑ +311%
AETNA ASA $487.03 ↑ +314%
HORIZON OMNIA $493.49 ↑ +319%
CIGNA BH $497.60 ↑ +323%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $497.60 ↑ +323%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +349%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +349%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $547.36 ↑ +365%
HORIZON SHP $603.78 ↑ +413%
HORIZON HMO $606.95 ↑ +416%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $613.60 ↑ +421%
HORIZON PPO $622.00 ↑ +428%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $47.92 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $38.37 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $47.92 – $116.22
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $80.04 – $312.47
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $125.23 $42.33 – $295.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $47.92 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $47.92 – $295.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $47.92 – $122.03

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