Glaucoma surgery 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

$2,524.45

Cash price

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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.

$5,067.00

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.

$841.12 with AETNA vs $14,615.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $841.12 ↓ -67%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $912.06 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,170.48 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -28%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,260.47 ↓ -10%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,524.45 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,650.67 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,751.65 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,029.34 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,800.25 ↑ +51%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,800.25 ↑ +51%
HORIZON PIP $3,861.05 ↑ +53%
QUALCARE PPO $3,937.06 ↑ +56%
AETNA ASA $3,967.46 ↑ +57%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,020.16 ↑ +59%
CIGNA BH $4,053.60 ↑ +61%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,306.95 ↑ +71%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,306.95 ↑ +71%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,426.53 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,458.96 ↑ +77%
HORIZON SHP $4,918.54 ↑ +95%
CIGNA PPO $4,944.00 ↑ +96%
HORIZON HMO $4,944.38 ↑ +96%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,998.60 ↑ +98%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,013.29 ↑ +99%
HORIZON PPO $5,067.00 ↑ +101%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +148%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,522.00 ↑ +238%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +303%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +304%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +304%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,276.00 ↑ +307%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +479%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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