Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast 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

$197.04

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.

$2,974.00

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.

$98.19 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,974.00 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 $98.19 ↓ -50%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $150.51 ↓ -24%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $153.12 ↓ -22%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $197.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $197.04 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.04 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $206.90 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.78 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $236.45 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $327.19 ↑ +66%
AETNA HMO $327.19 ↑ +66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $493.68 ↑ +151%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $535.32 ↑ +172%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $669.80 ↑ +240%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $686.99 ↑ +249%
CIGNA HMO $1,269.24 ↑ +544%
CIGNA PPO $1,269.24 ↑ +544%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,680.31 ↑ +753%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,680.31 ↑ +753%
QUALCARE HMO $1,727.89 ↑ +777%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,149.01 ↑ +991%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $2,230.50 ↑ +1032%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,230.50 ↑ +1032%
HORIZON PIP $2,266.19 ↑ +1050%
QUALCARE PPO $2,310.80 ↑ +1073%
AETNA ASA $2,328.64 ↑ +1082%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,359.57 ↑ +1098%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,379.20 ↑ +1107%
CIGNA BH $2,379.20 ↑ +1107%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,527.90 ↑ +1183%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,527.90 ↑ +1183%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,617.12 ↑ +1228%
HORIZON SHP $2,886.86 ↑ +1365%
HORIZON HMO $2,902.03 ↑ +1373%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,933.85 ↑ +1389%
HORIZON PPO $2,974.00 ↑ +1409%
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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Hc fl sm bowel enteroclss tube w kub double contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $98.19 – $1,269.24
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $209.65 $66.90 – $1,243.79
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $194.55 $98.19 – $1,269.24
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $197.21 $136.96 – $1,303.56
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $209.65 $73.80 – $1,269.24
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $197.21 $98.19 – $1,269.24
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $197.04 $63.00 – $1,269.24
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $194.55 $98.19 – $1,269.24

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