Ghs histoplasma antigen 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

$13.25

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.

$193.00

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.

$10.60 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $193.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $10.60 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.25 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.25 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.25 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.25 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.91 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.44 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $15.90 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.26 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.33 ↑ +99%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $32.04 ↑ +142%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.78 ↑ +238%
CIGNA PPO $60.72 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $60.72 ↑ +358%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $109.05 ↑ +723%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $109.05 ↑ +723%
QUALCARE HMO $112.13 ↑ +746%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $133.15 ↑ +905%
AETNA PPO $135.10 ↑ +920%
AETNA HMO $135.10 ↑ +920%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $139.46 ↑ +953%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $144.75 ↑ +992%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $144.75 ↑ +992%
HORIZON PIP $147.07 ↑ +1010%
QUALCARE PPO $149.96 ↑ +1032%
AETNA ASA $151.12 ↑ +1041%
HORIZON OMNIA $153.13 ↑ +1056%
CIGNA BH $154.40 ↑ +1065%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $154.40 ↑ +1065%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $164.05 ↑ +1138%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $164.05 ↑ +1138%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $168.60 ↑ +1172%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $169.84 ↑ +1182%
HORIZON SHP $187.35 ↑ +1314%
HORIZON HMO $188.33 ↑ +1321%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $190.39 ↑ +1337%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $190.95 ↑ +1341%
HORIZON PPO $193.00 ↑ +1357%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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