Exchange drainage catheter 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

$2,099.70

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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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$4,310.00

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.

$140.51 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 $140.51 ↓ -93%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $715.46 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $775.80 ↓ -63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $995.61 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -43%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -13%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,204.69 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,288.68 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,519.64 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,232.50 ↑ +54%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,232.50 ↑ +54%
HORIZON PIP $3,284.22 ↑ +56%
QUALCARE PPO $3,348.87 ↑ +59%
AETNA ASA $3,374.73 ↑ +61%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,419.55 ↑ +63%
CIGNA BH $3,448.00 ↑ +64%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,663.50 ↑ +74%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,663.50 ↑ +74%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,765.22 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,792.80 ↑ +81%
CIGNA PPO $3,874.26 ↑ +85%
CIGNA HMO $3,874.26 ↑ +85%
HORIZON SHP $4,183.72 ↑ +99%
HORIZON HMO $4,205.70 ↑ +100%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,251.82 ↑ +102%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,264.31 ↑ +103%
HORIZON PPO $4,310.00 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +198%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +202%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +263%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +384%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +386%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +386%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +596%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Exchange drainage catheter at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,099.70 $2,099.70 – $2,519.64
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,234.01 $144.07 – $2,345.71
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,073.18 $140.51 – $2,487.82
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,101.52 $144.07 – $2,101.52
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,234.01 $144.07 – $2,435.07
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,101.52 $144.07 – $2,521.83
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,099.70 $140.51 – $2,519.64
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $2,073.18 $140.51 – $2,487.82

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