Excision lesion mouth roof 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

$6,547.81

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.

$10,514.00

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.

$674.59 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 $674.59 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -82%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,745.32 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,892.52 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,428.73 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↓ -52%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↓ -46%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,547.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,875.20 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,137.11 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,857.37 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,885.50 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $7,885.50 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $8,011.67 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE PPO $8,169.38 ↑ +25%
AETNA ASA $8,232.46 ↑ +26%
HORIZON OMNIA $8,341.81 ↑ +27%
CIGNA BH $8,411.20 ↑ +28%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,522.00 ↑ +30%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,936.90 ↑ +36%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,936.90 ↑ +36%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9,185.03 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,252.32 ↑ +41%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +55%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +56%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +56%
HORIZON SHP $10,205.94 ↑ +56%
HORIZON HMO $10,259.56 ↑ +57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,276.00 ↑ +57%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10,372.06 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10,402.55 ↑ +59%
HORIZON PPO $10,514.00 ↑ +61%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +123%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Excision lesion mouth roof at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,547.81 $6,547.81 – $7,857.37
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,966.64 $699.72 – $7,314.97
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6,465.11 $674.59 – $7,758.13
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $6,553.49 $360.00 – $6,553.49
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $6,966.64 $699.72 – $7,593.63
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $6,553.49 $699.72 – $7,864.18
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6,547.81 $674.59 – $7,857.37
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $6,465.11 $674.59 – $7,758.13

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