Echograp trans r pros study 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

$117.70

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.

$2,523.00

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.

$117.70 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $2,523.00 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
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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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $117.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.30 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.24 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $160.18 ↑ +36%
AETNA HMO $274.21 ↑ +133%
AETNA PPO $274.21 ↑ +133%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $316.67 ↑ +169%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $321.11 ↑ +173%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $322.14 ↑ +174%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $334.81 ↑ +184%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $334.81 ↑ +184%
CIGNA PPO $365.32 ↑ +210%
CIGNA HMO $365.32 ↑ +210%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $418.82 ↑ +256%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $454.14 ↑ +286%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $582.81 ↑ +395%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,823.12 ↑ +1449%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,892.25 ↑ +1508%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,892.25 ↑ +1508%
HORIZON PIP $1,922.53 ↑ +1533%
QUALCARE PPO $1,960.37 ↑ +1566%
QUALCARE HMO $1,960.37 ↑ +1566%
AETNA ASA $1,975.51 ↑ +1578%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,001.75 ↑ +1601%
CIGNA BH $2,018.40 ↑ +1615%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,144.55 ↑ +1722%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,144.55 ↑ +1722%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,220.24 ↑ +1786%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,270.70 ↑ +1829%
HORIZON SHP $2,449.08 ↑ +1981%
HORIZON HMO $2,461.94 ↑ +1992%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,488.94 ↑ +2015%
HORIZON PPO $2,523.00 ↑ +2044%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Echograp trans r pros study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $365.32
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $100.19 – $357.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $106.34 – $365.32
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $106.34 – $375.19
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $125.23 $125.23 – $365.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $117.81 – $365.32
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $117.70 – $365.32
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $116.22 – $365.32

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