Correct skin color 6.0 cm/< 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

$677.54

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.

$1,173.00

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 $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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $194.72 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $211.14 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $235.83 ↓ -65%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $270.96 ↓ -60%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $677.54 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $677.54 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $711.42 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $738.52 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $813.05 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $879.75 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $879.75 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PIP $893.83 ↑ +32%
QUALCARE PPO $911.42 ↑ +35%
AETNA ASA $918.46 ↑ +36%
HORIZON OMNIA $930.66 ↑ +37%
CIGNA BH $938.40 ↑ +39%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $997.05 ↑ +47%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $997.05 ↑ +47%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,024.73 ↑ +51%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,032.24 ↑ +52%
HORIZON SHP $1,138.63 ↑ +68%
HORIZON HMO $1,144.61 ↑ +69%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,157.16 ↑ +71%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,160.57 ↑ +71%
HORIZON PPO $1,173.00 ↑ +73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +75%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +170%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +314%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +389%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +823%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +1400%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +1406%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +1406%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +2057%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Correct skin color 6.0 cm/< at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $720.88 $243.78 – $756.93
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $668.98 $235.83 – $802.78
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $678.13 $243.78 – $678.13
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $720.88 $243.78 – $785.76
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $678.13 $243.78 – $813.76
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $677.54 $235.83 – $813.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $668.98 $235.83 – $802.78

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