Echo transesophageal intraop at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$606.89
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.
$3,031.00
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.
$503.15 with AETNA vs $3,336.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $503.15 | ↓ -17% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $545.58 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $637.24 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $661.51 | ↑ +9% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $700.16 | ↑ +15% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $717.87 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $728.27 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,785.26 | ↑ +194% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,091.09 | ↑ +245% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,190.20 | ↑ +261% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,273.25 | ↑ +275% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,273.25 | ↑ +275% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,309.62 | ↑ +281% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,355.09 | ↑ +288% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,355.09 | ↑ +288% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,373.27 | ↑ +291% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,376.00 | ↑ +292% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,404.80 | ↑ +296% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,424.80 | ↑ +300% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,576.35 | ↑ +325% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,576.35 | ↑ +325% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,647.88 | ↑ +336% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,667.28 | ↑ +339% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,727.90 | ↑ +349% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,727.90 | ↑ +349% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,727.90 | ↑ +349% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,898.55 | ↑ +378% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,898.55 | ↑ +378% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,942.19 | ↑ +385% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,957.65 | ↑ +387% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,990.08 | ↑ +393% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,998.87 | ↑ +394% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,031.00 | ↑ +399% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,336.00 | ↑ +450% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,305.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $516.57 – $5,399.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $548.30 – $2,718.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $607.42 | $548.30 – $1,839.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $645.71 | $645.71 – $3,541.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $607.42 | $607.42 – $2,585.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,291.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $599.23 | $599.23 – $2,336.00 |