Colonoscopy w/injection 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

$1,305.08

Cash price

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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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$2,955.00

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.

$348.16 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 $348.16 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $490.53 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $531.90 ↓ -59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $682.61 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,305.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,305.08 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,305.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,305.08 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,305.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,370.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,422.53 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,566.09 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +40%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,216.25 ↑ +70%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,216.25 ↑ +70%
HORIZON PIP $2,251.71 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE PPO $2,296.04 ↑ +76%
AETNA ASA $2,313.77 ↑ +77%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,344.50 ↑ +80%
CIGNA BH $2,364.00 ↑ +81%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,511.75 ↑ +92%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,511.75 ↑ +92%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,581.49 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,600.40 ↑ +99%
HORIZON SHP $2,868.42 ↑ +120%
HORIZON HMO $2,883.49 ↑ +121%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,915.11 ↑ +123%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,923.68 ↑ +124%
HORIZON PPO $2,955.00 ↑ +126%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↑ +238%
CIGNA PPO $4,944.00 ↑ +279%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +379%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +386%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +484%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +679%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +682%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +682%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +1020%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy w/injection at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,305.08 $1,305.08 – $1,566.09
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,388.56 $358.51 – $1,457.98
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,288.59 $348.16 – $1,546.31
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,306.21 $358.51 – $1,306.21
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,388.56 $358.51 – $1,513.53
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,306.21 $358.51 – $1,567.45
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,305.08 $348.16 – $1,566.09
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,288.59 $348.16 – $1,546.31

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