Dmd dup/delet analysis 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

$279.00

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.

$1,340.00

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.

$101.76 with AETNA vs $1,278.48 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $101.76 ↓ -64%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.22 ↓ -49%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $220.16 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $223.20 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $279.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $279.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $279.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $279.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $279.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $279.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $279.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $292.95 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $304.11 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $334.80 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $346.35 ↑ +24%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $346.35 ↑ +24%
QUALCARE HMO $356.15 ↑ +28%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $363.40 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $422.91 ↑ +52%
AETNA HMO $429.10 ↑ +54%
AETNA PPO $429.10 ↑ +54%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $442.95 ↑ +59%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $459.75 ↑ +65%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $459.75 ↑ +65%
HORIZON PIP $467.11 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE PPO $476.30 ↑ +71%
AETNA ASA $479.98 ↑ +72%
HORIZON OMNIA $486.35 ↑ +74%
CIGNA BH $490.40 ↑ +76%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $490.40 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $521.05 ↑ +87%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $521.05 ↑ +87%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $535.52 ↑ +92%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $539.44 ↑ +93%
HORIZON SHP $595.04 ↑ +113%
HORIZON HMO $598.17 ↑ +114%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $604.72 ↑ +117%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $606.50 ↑ +117%
HORIZON PPO $613.00 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $1,278.48 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $1,278.48 ↑ +358%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Dmd dup/delet analysis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $279.00 $220.16 – $1,278.48
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $279.00 $223.20 – $1,252.85
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $279.00 $220.16 – $1,278.48
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $279.00 $245.52 – $1,313.04
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $279.00 $279.00 – $1,278.48
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $279.00 $220.16 – $1,278.48
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $279.00 $220.16 – $1,278.48
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $279.00 $220.16 – $1,278.48

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