Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les 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

$778.78

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.

$2,860.00

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.

$218.36 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $218.36 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $474.76 ↓ -39%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $514.80 ↓ -34%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $660.66 ↓ -15%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.78 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $778.78 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $778.78 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $817.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $848.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $934.53 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,684.54 ↑ +116%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,948.80 ↑ +150%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,973.11 ↑ +153%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,145.00 ↑ +175%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,145.00 ↑ +175%
HORIZON PIP $2,179.32 ↑ +180%
QUALCARE HMO $2,222.22 ↑ +185%
QUALCARE PPO $2,222.22 ↑ +185%
AETNA ASA $2,239.38 ↑ +188%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +189%
CIGNA BH $2,288.00 ↑ +194%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,430.14 ↑ +212%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,431.00 ↑ +212%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,431.00 ↑ +212%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,498.50 ↑ +221%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,516.80 ↑ +223%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +223%
AETNA HMO $2,574.00 ↑ +231%
AETNA PPO $2,574.00 ↑ +231%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,574.00 ↑ +231%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,829.68 ↑ +263%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,533.00 ↑ +1124%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +1203%
HORIZON SHP $10,970.00 ↑ +1309%
HORIZON HMO $11,776.00 ↑ +1412%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,886.00 ↑ +1426%
HORIZON PPO $12,082.00 ↑ +1451%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $828.59 $224.11 – $870.02
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $768.94 $218.36 – $922.73
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $779.45 $224.11 – $779.45
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $828.59 $224.11 – $903.16
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $779.45 $224.11 – $935.34
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $778.78 $218.36 – $934.53
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $768.94 $218.36 – $922.73

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