Foot X-ray 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

$97.46

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.

$561.00

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.

$39.24 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $561.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $39.24 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $56.69 ↓ -42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.67 ↓ -41%
AETNA PPO $60.12 ↓ -38%
AETNA HMO $60.12 ↓ -38%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.23 ↓ -35%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $93.13 ↓ -4%
CIGNA HMO $93.64 ↓ -4%
CIGNA PPO $93.64 ↓ -4%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.98 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.23 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $116.95 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $129.59 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $316.97 ↑ +225%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $316.97 ↑ +225%
QUALCARE HMO $325.94 ↑ +234%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $405.38 ↑ +316%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $420.75 ↑ +332%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $420.75 ↑ +332%
HORIZON PIP $427.48 ↑ +339%
QUALCARE PPO $435.90 ↑ +347%
AETNA ASA $439.26 ↑ +351%
HORIZON OMNIA $445.10 ↑ +357%
CIGNA BH $448.80 ↑ +360%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $448.80 ↑ +360%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $476.85 ↑ +389%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $476.85 ↑ +389%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $493.68 ↑ +407%
HORIZON SHP $544.56 ↑ +459%
HORIZON HMO $547.42 ↑ +462%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $553.43 ↑ +468%
HORIZON PPO $561.00 ↑ +476%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Foot X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $259.60 $94.11 – $94.11
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $39.24 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $22.60 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $39.24 – $96.23
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $51.58 – $231.98
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $24.93 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $34.20 – $219.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $21.28 – $219.04

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