Hemoglobin copper sulfate 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

$4.01

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.

$238.00

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.

$3.21 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $238.00 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 $3.21 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.01 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.01 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.21 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.37 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4.81 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.22 ↑ +30%
CIGNA PPO $18.38 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $18.38 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $39.51 ↑ +885%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.22 ↑ +1277%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $134.47 ↑ +3253%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $134.47 ↑ +3253%
QUALCARE HMO $138.28 ↑ +3348%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $164.20 ↑ +3995%
AETNA PPO $166.60 ↑ +4055%
AETNA HMO $166.60 ↑ +4055%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $171.98 ↑ +4189%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $178.50 ↑ +4351%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $178.50 ↑ +4351%
HORIZON PIP $181.36 ↑ +4423%
QUALCARE PPO $184.93 ↑ +4512%
AETNA ASA $186.35 ↑ +4547%
HORIZON OMNIA $188.83 ↑ +4609%
CIGNA BH $190.40 ↑ +4648%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $190.40 ↑ +4648%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $202.30 ↑ +4945%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $202.30 ↑ +4945%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $207.92 ↑ +5085%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $209.44 ↑ +5123%
HORIZON SHP $231.03 ↑ +5661%
HORIZON HMO $232.24 ↑ +5692%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $234.79 ↑ +5755%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $235.48 ↑ +5772%
HORIZON PPO $238.00 ↑ +5835%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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