Cholinesterase challenge at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$344.68
Cash price 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.
$751.00
Gross charge 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.
$46.33 with KARNA vs $751.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $46.33 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $124.67 | ↓ -64% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $135.18 | ↓ -61% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $173.48 | ↓ -50% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $344.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $361.91 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $375.70 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $413.61 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $442.34 | ↑ +28% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $511.73 | ↑ +48% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $518.11 | ↑ +50% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $542.67 | ↑ +57% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $563.25 | ↑ +63% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $563.25 | ↑ +63% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $572.26 | ↑ +66% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $583.53 | ↑ +69% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $583.53 | ↑ +69% |
| AETNA | ASA | $588.03 | ↑ +71% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $595.84 | ↑ +73% |
| CIGNA | BH | $600.80 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $638.12 | ↑ +85% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $638.35 | ↑ +85% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $638.35 | ↑ +85% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $656.07 | ↑ +90% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $660.88 | ↑ +92% |
| AETNA | PPO | $675.90 | ↑ +96% |
| AETNA | HMO | $675.90 | ↑ +96% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $675.90 | ↑ +96% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $718.18 | ↑ +108% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $718.18 | ↑ +108% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $729.00 | ↑ +112% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $732.83 | ↑ +113% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $740.86 | ↑ +115% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $743.04 | ↑ +116% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $751.00 | ↑ +118% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholinesterase challenge at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $344.68 – $413.61 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $47.78 – $4,994.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $340.32 | $46.33 – $2,080.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $47.78 – $2,437.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $366.72 | $46.43 – $576.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $344.98 | $47.78 – $413.97 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $344.68 | $46.33 – $413.61 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $340.32 | $46.33 – $408.39 |