Chorion biopsy 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

$963.79

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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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$1,562.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $12,082.00 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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $259.29 ↓ -73%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $271.00 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.16 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $360.82 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $920.02 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $963.79 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $963.79 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $963.79 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $963.79 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $963.79 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,011.98 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,050.53 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,064.35 ↑ +10%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,077.62 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,156.54 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,171.50 ↑ +22%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,171.50 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PIP $1,190.24 ↑ +23%
QUALCARE PPO $1,213.67 ↑ +26%
QUALCARE HMO $1,213.67 ↑ +26%
AETNA ASA $1,223.05 ↑ +27%
CIGNA BH $1,249.60 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,327.23 ↑ +38%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,327.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,327.70 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,364.56 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,374.56 ↑ +43%
AETNA PPO $1,405.80 ↑ +46%
AETNA HMO $1,405.80 ↑ +46%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,405.80 ↑ +46%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,545.44 ↑ +60%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,533.00 ↑ +889%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +953%
HORIZON SHP $10,970.00 ↑ +1038%
HORIZON HMO $11,776.00 ↑ +1122%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,886.00 ↑ +1133%
HORIZON PPO $12,082.00 ↑ +1154%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $963.79 $963.79 – $1,156.54
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,025.44 $277.05 – $1,076.71
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $951.61 $271.00 – $1,141.94
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,025.44 $173.95 – $1,117.72
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $964.62 $220.75 – $1,157.55
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $963.79 $271.00 – $1,156.54
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $951.61 $271.00 – $1,141.94

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