Exc thigh/knee tum deep <5cm 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

$3,167.89

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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.

$6,401.00

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.

$1,062.57 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,062.57 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,152.18 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -62%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,309.49 ↓ -59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,478.63 ↓ -53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,482.00 ↓ -53%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,167.89 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,326.28 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,453.00 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,801.47 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $4,013.00 ↑ +27%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $4,800.75 ↑ +52%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,800.75 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PIP $4,877.56 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE PPO $4,973.58 ↑ +57%
AETNA ASA $5,011.98 ↑ +58%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,078.55 ↑ +60%
CIGNA BH $5,120.80 ↑ +62%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,440.85 ↑ +72%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,440.85 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,591.91 ↑ +77%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,632.88 ↑ +78%
HORIZON SHP $6,213.45 ↑ +96%
HORIZON HMO $6,246.10 ↑ +97%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +97%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,314.59 ↑ +99%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,333.15 ↑ +100%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PPO $6,401.00 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +141%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +221%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +222%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +222%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +361%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Exc thigh/knee tum deep <5cm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,167.89 $3,167.89 – $3,801.47
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,370.52 $1,351.84 – $3,539.05
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,127.88 $1,309.49 – $3,753.45
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,170.64 $239.40 – $3,170.64
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,370.52 $1,351.84 – $3,673.87
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,170.64 $1,351.84 – $3,804.76
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,167.89 $1,309.49 – $3,801.47
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,127.88 $1,309.49 – $3,753.45

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