Colonoscopy thru stoma spx 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

$1,009.14

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,995.00

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.

$317.28 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 $317.28 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $497.17 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $539.10 ↓ -47%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $691.85 ↓ -31%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $983.00 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,059.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,099.96 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,210.96 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,246.25 ↑ +123%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,246.25 ↑ +123%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +123%
HORIZON PIP $2,282.19 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE PPO $2,327.12 ↑ +131%
AETNA ASA $2,345.09 ↑ +132%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,376.23 ↑ +135%
CIGNA BH $2,396.00 ↑ +137%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +150%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,545.75 ↑ +152%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,545.75 ↑ +152%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,616.43 ↑ +159%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,635.60 ↑ +161%
HORIZON SHP $2,907.25 ↑ +188%
HORIZON HMO $2,922.52 ↑ +190%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,954.57 ↑ +193%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,963.25 ↑ +194%
HORIZON PPO $2,995.00 ↑ +197%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +520%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +529%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +656%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +907%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +911%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +911%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +1348%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy thru stoma spx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,009.14 $1,009.14 – $1,210.96
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,073.68 $326.50 – $1,127.37
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $996.39 $317.28 – $1,195.67
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,010.01 $240.80 – $1,010.01
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,073.68 $237.19 – $1,170.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,010.01 $326.50 – $1,212.01
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,009.14 $317.28 – $1,210.96
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $996.39 $317.28 – $1,195.67

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