Dch glucoscan 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

$5.04

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.

$55.00

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.

$4.03 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $55.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $4.03 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.04 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.04 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.04 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.04 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.29 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.49 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.05 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.56 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.96 ↑ +38%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.13 ↑ +81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.26 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.26 ↑ +123%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.76 ↑ +153%
CIGNA HMO $23.10 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $23.10 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $31.96 ↑ +534%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $37.94 ↑ +653%
AETNA PPO $38.50 ↑ +664%
AETNA HMO $38.50 ↑ +664%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $39.74 ↑ +688%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $41.25 ↑ +718%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $41.25 ↑ +718%
HORIZON PIP $41.91 ↑ +732%
QUALCARE PPO $42.74 ↑ +748%
AETNA ASA $43.07 ↑ +755%
HORIZON OMNIA $43.64 ↑ +766%
CIGNA BH $44.00 ↑ +773%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $44.00 ↑ +773%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +828%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +828%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $48.05 ↑ +853%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $48.40 ↑ +860%
HORIZON SHP $53.39 ↑ +959%
HORIZON HMO $53.67 ↑ +965%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $54.26 ↑ +977%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $54.42 ↑ +980%
HORIZON PPO $55.00 ↑ +991%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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