Clean out mastoid cavity 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

$563.67

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.

$3,190.00

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.

$288.77 with KARNA vs $14,615.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $288.77 ↓ -49%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $529.54 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $563.67 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $563.67 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $563.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $563.67 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $563.67 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $574.20 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $591.85 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $614.40 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $676.40 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $736.89 ↑ +31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +111%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +224%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,392.50 ↑ +324%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,392.50 ↑ +324%
HORIZON PIP $2,430.78 ↑ +331%
QUALCARE PPO $2,478.63 ↑ +340%
AETNA ASA $2,497.77 ↑ +343%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,530.95 ↑ +349%
CIGNA BH $2,552.00 ↑ +353%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,711.50 ↑ +381%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,711.50 ↑ +381%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,786.78 ↑ +394%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +398%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,807.20 ↑ +398%
CIGNA PPO $2,867.49 ↑ +409%
CIGNA HMO $2,867.49 ↑ +409%
HORIZON SHP $3,096.53 ↑ +449%
HORIZON HMO $3,112.80 ↑ +452%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,146.94 ↑ +458%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,156.19 ↑ +460%
HORIZON PPO $3,190.00 ↑ +466%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +488%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +1010%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +1703%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +1710%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +1710%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +2493%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $563.67 $563.67 – $676.40
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $563.67 $288.77 – $676.40
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