Hand 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.

$605.00

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 $605.00 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 $64.29 ↓ -34%
AETNA HMO $64.29 ↓ -34%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.81 ↓ -29%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $99.84 ↑ +2%
CIGNA PPO $99.84 ↑ +2%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $100.43 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.23 ↑ +9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.90 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $116.95 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $139.76 ↑ +43%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $341.83 ↑ +251%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $341.83 ↑ +251%
QUALCARE HMO $351.51 ↑ +261%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $437.17 ↑ +349%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $453.75 ↑ +366%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $453.75 ↑ +366%
HORIZON PIP $461.01 ↑ +373%
QUALCARE PPO $470.09 ↑ +382%
AETNA ASA $473.72 ↑ +386%
HORIZON OMNIA $480.01 ↑ +393%
CIGNA BH $484.00 ↑ +397%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $484.00 ↑ +397%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $514.25 ↑ +428%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $514.25 ↑ +428%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $532.40 ↑ +446%
HORIZON SHP $587.27 ↑ +503%
HORIZON HMO $590.36 ↑ +506%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $596.83 ↑ +512%
HORIZON PPO $605.00 ↑ +521%
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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Hand X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $220.00 $79.75 – $79.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $39.24 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $24.53 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $39.24 – $99.84
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $51.58 – $231.98
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $27.06 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $37.13 – $219.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $23.10 – $219.04

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