Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$3,906.18
Cash price 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.
$8,690.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,090.59 with KARNA 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,090.59 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,442.54 | ↓ -63% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,564.20 | ↓ -60% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,827.00 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,842.28 | ↓ -53% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,007.39 | ↓ -49% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,016.08 | ↓ -48% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,906.18 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,906.18 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,906.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,906.18 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,101.48 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,412.00 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,687.41 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,944.00 | ↑ +27% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +60% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,517.50 | ↑ +67% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,517.50 | ↑ +67% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,621.78 | ↑ +70% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $6,752.13 | ↑ +73% |
| AETNA | ASA | $6,804.27 | ↑ +74% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,894.65 | ↑ +77% |
| CIGNA | BH | $6,952.00 | ↑ +78% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,386.50 | ↑ +89% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,386.50 | ↑ +89% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $7,591.58 | ↑ +94% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $7,647.20 | ↑ +96% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $8,435.38 | ↑ +116% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8,479.70 | ↑ +117% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8,572.69 | ↑ +119% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,597.89 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,690.00 | ↑ +122% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +160% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +161% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +161% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $11,680.00 | ↑ +199% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $14,121.00 | ↑ +262% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +274% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,906.18 | $3,906.18 – $4,687.41 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $4,156.03 | $1,121.98 – $4,363.83 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,856.84 | $1,090.59 – $6,100.95 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,909.56 | $405.08 – $6,100.95 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $4,156.03 | $399.00 – $4,530.08 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $3,909.56 | $506.35 – $4,691.48 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $3,906.18 | $1,090.59 – $4,687.41 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $3,856.84 | $1,090.59 – $4,628.21 |