Ghs protein, misc fluid 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

$5.61

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.

$144.00

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.

$4.49 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $64.00 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 $4.49 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.61 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.89 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.11 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.73 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $10.62 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.36 ↑ +102%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.85 ↑ +165%
CIGNA PPO $25.71 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $25.71 ↑ +358%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36.16 ↑ +545%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $36.16 ↑ +545%
QUALCARE HMO $37.18 ↑ +563%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $44.15 ↑ +687%
AETNA PPO $44.80 ↑ +699%
AETNA HMO $44.80 ↑ +699%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $46.25 ↑ +724%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $48.00 ↑ +756%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $48.00 ↑ +756%
HORIZON PIP $48.77 ↑ +769%
QUALCARE PPO $49.73 ↑ +786%
AETNA ASA $50.11 ↑ +793%
HORIZON OMNIA $50.78 ↑ +805%
CIGNA BH $51.20 ↑ +813%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $51.20 ↑ +813%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $54.40 ↑ +870%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $54.40 ↑ +870%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $55.91 ↑ +897%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $56.32 ↑ +904%
HORIZON SHP $62.12 ↑ +1007%
HORIZON HMO $62.45 ↑ +1013%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $63.14 ↑ +1025%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $63.32 ↑ +1029%
HORIZON PPO $64.00 ↑ +1041%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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