Hla typing a b or c 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

$58.00

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.

$319.00

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.

$46.40 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $319.00 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 $46.40 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $52.95 ↓ -9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $58.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $58.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $58.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.90 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.22 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $69.60 ↑ +20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.01 ↑ +28%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.55 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $127.28 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $129.63 ↑ +124%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $129.63 ↑ +124%
QUALCARE HMO $185.34 ↑ +220%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $220.08 ↑ +279%
AETNA PPO $223.30 ↑ +285%
AETNA HMO $223.30 ↑ +285%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $230.51 ↑ +297%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $239.25 ↑ +313%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $239.25 ↑ +313%
HORIZON PIP $243.08 ↑ +319%
QUALCARE PPO $247.86 ↑ +327%
AETNA ASA $249.78 ↑ +331%
HORIZON OMNIA $253.09 ↑ +336%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $255.20 ↑ +340%
CIGNA BH $255.20 ↑ +340%
CIGNA PPO $265.78 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $265.78 ↑ +358%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $271.15 ↑ +368%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $271.15 ↑ +368%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $278.68 ↑ +380%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $280.72 ↑ +384%
HORIZON SHP $309.65 ↑ +434%
HORIZON HMO $311.28 ↑ +437%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $314.69 ↑ +443%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $315.62 ↑ +444%
HORIZON PPO $319.00 ↑ +450%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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