Chloride 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

$4.60

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.

$34.00

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.

$3.68 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $34.00 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 $3.68 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.60 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.60 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.60 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.83 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.01 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5.52 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5.64 ↑ +23%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +30%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.89 ↑ +72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.09 ↑ +119%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.28 ↑ +123%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.28 ↑ +123%
QUALCARE HMO $19.75 ↑ +329%
CIGNA PPO $21.08 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $21.08 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $23.46 ↑ +410%
AETNA PPO $23.80 ↑ +417%
AETNA HMO $23.80 ↑ +417%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $24.57 ↑ +434%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↑ +454%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↑ +454%
HORIZON PIP $25.91 ↑ +463%
QUALCARE PPO $26.42 ↑ +474%
AETNA ASA $26.62 ↑ +479%
HORIZON OMNIA $26.98 ↑ +487%
CIGNA BH $27.20 ↑ +491%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.20 ↑ +491%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $28.90 ↑ +528%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $28.90 ↑ +528%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $29.70 ↑ +546%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $29.92 ↑ +550%
HORIZON SHP $33.00 ↑ +617%
HORIZON HMO $33.18 ↑ +621%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $33.54 ↑ +629%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $33.64 ↑ +631%
HORIZON PPO $34.00 ↑ +639%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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