ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$97.46

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.

$671.00

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.

$18.61 with KARNA vs $4,497.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.61 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.00 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.23 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $111.39 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $116.95 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $120.78 ↑ +24%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $155.00 ↑ +59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $196.00 ↑ +101%
HORIZON OMNIA $322.00 ↑ +230%
QUALCARE HMO $368.00 ↑ +278%
HORIZON SHP $368.00 ↑ +278%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $385.00 ↑ +295%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $387.00 ↑ +297%
HORIZON HMO $397.00 ↑ +307%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $405.00 ↑ +316%
HORIZON PPO $407.00 ↑ +318%
CIGNA HMO $410.00 ↑ +321%
CIGNA PPO $410.00 ↑ +321%
AETNA PPO $453.00 ↑ +365%
AETNA HMO $453.00 ↑ +365%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $481.00 ↑ +394%
HORIZON PIP $511.30 ↑ +425%
AETNA ASA $525.39 ↑ +439%
CIGNA BH $536.80 ↑ +451%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $570.35 ↑ +485%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $570.35 ↑ +485%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $590.48 ↑ +506%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,345.00 ↑ +1280%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,371.00 ↑ +1307%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,522.00 ↑ +1462%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,522.00 ↑ +1462%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,497.00 ↑ +4514%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
QUALCARE PPO not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $1,522.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $19.04 – $1,522.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $18.61 – $1,522.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $19.04 – $3,800.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $19.04 – $1,522.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $19.04 – $1,522.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $18.61 – $1,522.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $96.23 $18.61 – $1,522.00

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