Hemoglobin plasma 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

$7.31

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.

$55.00

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.

$3.32 with AETNA vs $33.50 with CIGNA — 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 $3.32 ↓ -55%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.64 ↓ -37%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $5.85 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.97 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8.77 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.30 ↑ +55%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.30 ↑ +55%
QUALCARE HMO $11.62 ↑ +59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $13.80 ↑ +89%
AETNA PPO $14.00 ↑ +92%
AETNA HMO $14.00 ↑ +92%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14.45 ↑ +98%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15.00 ↑ +105%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $15.00 ↑ +105%
HORIZON PIP $15.24 ↑ +108%
QUALCARE PPO $15.54 ↑ +113%
AETNA ASA $15.66 ↑ +114%
HORIZON OMNIA $15.87 ↑ +117%
CIGNA BH $16.00 ↑ +119%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $16.00 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.04 ↑ +119%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $17.00 ↑ +133%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $17.00 ↑ +133%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $17.47 ↑ +139%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $17.60 ↑ +141%
HORIZON SHP $19.41 ↑ +166%
HORIZON HMO $19.52 ↑ +167%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $19.73 ↑ +170%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $19.79 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PPO $20.00 ↑ +174%
CIGNA PPO $33.50 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $33.50 ↑ +358%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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