Dilation of salivary duct 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

$563.67

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$1,029.00

Gross charge

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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

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 $170.81 ↓ -70%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $180.12 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.22 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $237.70 ↓ -58%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $563.67 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $563.67 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $563.67 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $563.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $563.67 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $591.85 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $614.40 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $676.40 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $771.75 ↑ +37%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $771.75 ↑ +37%
HORIZON PIP $784.10 ↑ +39%
QUALCARE PPO $799.53 ↑ +42%
AETNA ASA $805.71 ↑ +43%
HORIZON OMNIA $816.41 ↑ +45%
CIGNA BH $823.20 ↑ +46%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $874.65 ↑ +55%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $874.65 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $898.93 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $905.52 ↑ +61%
HORIZON SHP $998.85 ↑ +77%
HORIZON HMO $1,004.10 ↑ +78%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,015.11 ↑ +80%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,018.09 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PPO $1,029.00 ↑ +83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +111%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +224%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +398%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +488%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +1010%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +1703%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +1710%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +1710%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +2493%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Dilation of salivary duct at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $563.67 $563.67 – $676.40
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $599.72 $186.18 – $636.27
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $556.55 $180.12 – $667.86
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $564.16 $186.18 – $676.99
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $563.67 $180.12 – $676.40
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $556.55 $180.12 – $667.86

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