Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 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

$442.22

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.

$1,210.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $12,082.00 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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.66 ↓ -75%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $200.86 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $217.80 ↓ -51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $279.51 ↓ -37%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $442.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $442.22 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $442.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $442.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $442.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $464.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $482.02 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $530.67 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $712.69 ↑ +61%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $824.49 ↑ +86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $834.78 ↑ +89%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $907.50 ↑ +105%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $907.50 ↑ +105%
HORIZON PIP $922.02 ↑ +108%
QUALCARE HMO $940.17 ↑ +113%
QUALCARE PPO $940.17 ↑ +113%
AETNA ASA $947.43 ↑ +114%
CIGNA BH $968.00 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,028.14 ↑ +132%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,028.50 ↑ +133%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,028.50 ↑ +133%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,057.06 ↑ +139%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,064.80 ↑ +141%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,089.00 ↑ +146%
AETNA PPO $1,089.00 ↑ +146%
AETNA HMO $1,089.00 ↑ +146%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,197.17 ↑ +171%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,497.00 ↑ +917%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,533.00 ↑ +2056%
HORIZON SHP $10,970.00 ↑ +2381%
HORIZON HMO $11,776.00 ↑ +2563%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,886.00 ↑ +2588%
HORIZON PPO $12,082.00 ↑ +2632%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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