Dalbavancin 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$15.55

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.

$85.02

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.

$13.22 with HORIZON vs $85.02 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $13.22 ↓ -15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.30 ↓ -2%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $18.66 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.92 ↑ +28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $24.73 ↑ +59%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $27.05 ↑ +74%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.26 ↑ +146%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $38.26 ↑ +146%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $41.66 ↑ +168%
CIGNA PPO $42.08 ↑ +171%
CIGNA HMO $42.08 ↑ +171%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $42.51 ↑ +173%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.51 ↑ +173%
QUALCARE PPO $43.79 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $43.79 ↑ +182%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $48.04 ↑ +209%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $48.04 ↑ +209%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $50.08 ↑ +222%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $51.01 ↑ +228%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $51.01 ↑ +228%
AETNA PPO $51.52 ↑ +231%
AETNA HMO $51.52 ↑ +231%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $61.44 ↑ +295%
HORIZON PIP $64.79 ↑ +317%
AETNA ASA $66.57 ↑ +328%
HORIZON OMNIA $67.45 ↑ +334%
CIGNA BH $68.02 ↑ +337%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $72.27 ↑ +365%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $72.27 ↑ +365%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $76.52 ↑ +392%
HORIZON SHP $82.53 ↑ +431%
HORIZON HMO $82.96 ↑ +434%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $83.87 ↑ +439%
HORIZON PPO $85.02 ↑ +447%
QUALCARE HMO not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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