Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$142.67
Cash price 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.
$1,185.00
Gross charge 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.
$31.52 with KARNA vs $2,086.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $31.52 | ↓ -78% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.67 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $142.67 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $142.67 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.67 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.67 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $149.81 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $155.51 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $171.21 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $196.71 | ↑ +38% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $213.30 | ↑ +50% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $273.74 | ↑ +92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $697.97 | ↑ +389% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $817.53 | ↑ +473% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $856.28 | ↑ +500% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $888.75 | ↑ +523% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $888.75 | ↑ +523% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $902.97 | ↑ +533% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $920.75 | ↑ +545% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $920.75 | ↑ +545% |
| AETNA | ASA | $927.86 | ↑ +550% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $940.18 | ↑ +559% |
| CIGNA | BH | $948.00 | ↑ +564% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,007.25 | ↑ +606% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,007.25 | ↑ +606% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,035.22 | ↑ +626% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,042.80 | ↑ +631% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,063.00 | ↑ +645% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,066.50 | ↑ +648% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,066.50 | ↑ +648% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,066.50 | ↑ +648% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,133.22 | ↑ +694% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,133.22 | ↑ +694% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,150.28 | ↑ +706% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,156.32 | ↑ +710% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,169.00 | ↑ +719% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,172.44 | ↑ +722% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,185.00 | ↑ +731% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,086.00 | ↑ +1362% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $142.67 | $142.67 – $1,008.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $151.80 | $33.35 – $5,218.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $140.87 | $31.52 – $1,008.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $142.80 | $33.35 – $4,913.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $151.80 | $33.35 – $535.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $142.80 | $33.35 – $1,297.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $142.67 | $31.52 – $941.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $140.87 | $31.52 – $1,016.00 |