Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 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

$1,037.75

Cash price

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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.

$2,985.00

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.

$180.47 with KARNA vs $14,615.00 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 $180.47 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $495.51 ↓ -52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $537.30 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $689.54 ↓ -34%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $983.00 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.64 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,131.14 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,245.30 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,238.75 ↑ +116%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,238.75 ↑ +116%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +117%
HORIZON PIP $2,274.57 ↑ +119%
QUALCARE PPO $2,319.35 ↑ +123%
AETNA ASA $2,337.26 ↑ +125%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,368.30 ↑ +128%
CIGNA BH $2,388.00 ↑ +130%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +143%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,537.25 ↑ +144%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,537.25 ↑ +144%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,607.70 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,626.80 ↑ +153%
HORIZON SHP $2,897.54 ↑ +179%
HORIZON HMO $2,912.76 ↑ +181%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,944.70 ↑ +184%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,953.36 ↑ +185%
HORIZON PPO $2,985.00 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +503%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +511%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +635%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +879%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +883%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +883%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +1308%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,037.75 $1,037.75 – $1,245.30
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,104.13 $186.13 – $1,159.33
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,024.64 $180.47 – $1,229.57
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,038.65 $170.00 – $1,038.65
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,104.13 $186.13 – $1,203.50
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,038.65 $186.13 – $1,246.38
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,037.75 $180.47 – $1,245.30
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,024.64 $180.47 – $1,229.57

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