Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass 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

$1,037.75

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.

$2,750.00

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.

$163.36 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 $163.36 ↓ -84%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $456.50 ↓ -56%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $495.00 ↓ -52%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $635.25 ↓ -39%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $983.00 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.64 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,131.14 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,245.30 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,062.50 ↑ +99%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,062.50 ↑ +99%
HORIZON PIP $2,095.50 ↑ +102%
QUALCARE PPO $2,136.75 ↑ +106%
AETNA ASA $2,153.25 ↑ +107%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,181.85 ↑ +110%
CIGNA BH $2,200.00 ↑ +112%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +117%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,337.50 ↑ +125%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,337.50 ↑ +125%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,402.40 ↑ +132%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,420.00 ↑ +133%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +143%
HORIZON SHP $2,669.43 ↑ +157%
HORIZON HMO $2,683.45 ↑ +159%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,712.88 ↑ +161%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,720.85 ↑ +162%
HORIZON PPO $2,750.00 ↑ +165%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +503%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +511%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +635%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +879%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +883%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +883%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +1308%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,037.75 $1,037.75 – $1,245.30
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,104.13 $168.75 – $1,159.33
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,038.65 $168.75 – $1,246.38
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,037.75 $163.36 – $1,245.30
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,024.64 $163.36 – $1,229.57

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