Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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.
$4,021.00
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.
$332.72 with KARNA vs $4,021.00 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.
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 | $332.72 | ↓ -45% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $606.89 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $637.24 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $661.51 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $667.49 | ↑ +10% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $723.78 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $728.27 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $928.85 | ↑ +53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,368.37 | ↑ +290% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,376.00 | ↑ +292% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,774.09 | ↑ +357% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,905.57 | ↑ +379% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,015.75 | ↑ +397% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,015.75 | ↑ +397% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,064.00 | ↑ +405% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,124.32 | ↑ +415% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,124.32 | ↑ +415% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,148.44 | ↑ +419% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,190.26 | ↑ +426% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,216.80 | ↑ +430% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,336.00 | ↑ +450% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,417.85 | ↑ +463% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,417.85 | ↑ +463% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,512.75 | ↑ +479% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,538.48 | ↑ +483% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,618.90 | ↑ +496% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,618.90 | ↑ +496% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,618.90 | ↑ +496% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,845.28 | ↑ +534% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,845.28 | ↑ +534% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,903.18 | ↑ +543% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,923.69 | ↑ +547% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,966.72 | ↑ +554% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,978.38 | ↑ +556% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,021.00 | ↑ +563% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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 | $349.12 – $5,399.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $332.72 – $2,718.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $607.42 | $349.12 – $1,839.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $645.71 | $349.12 – $3,541.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $607.42 | $349.12 – $2,209.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $606.89 | $332.72 – $2,291.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $599.23 | $332.72 – $2,336.00 |