I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$23.13

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.

$134.00

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.

$22.24 with AETNA vs $134.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $22.24 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $23.13 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.13 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $23.13 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.13 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.12 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.29 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.21 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $27.76 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $30.95 ↑ +34%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.31 ↑ +92%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $44.57 ↑ +93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $44.57 ↑ +93%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $59.97 ↑ +159%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $78.93 ↑ +241%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $96.83 ↑ +319%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $100.50 ↑ +335%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $100.50 ↑ +335%
HORIZON PIP $102.11 ↑ +341%
QUALCARE PPO $104.12 ↑ +350%
QUALCARE HMO $104.12 ↑ +350%
AETNA ASA $104.92 ↑ +354%
HORIZON OMNIA $106.32 ↑ +360%
CIGNA BH $107.20 ↑ +363%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $113.90 ↑ +392%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $113.90 ↑ +392%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $117.92 ↑ +410%
AETNA HMO $120.60 ↑ +421%
AETNA PPO $120.60 ↑ +421%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $120.60 ↑ +421%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $121.79 ↑ +427%
CIGNA HMO $128.14 ↑ +454%
CIGNA PPO $128.14 ↑ +454%
HORIZON SHP $130.07 ↑ +462%
HORIZON HMO $130.76 ↑ +465%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $132.19 ↑ +472%
HORIZON PPO $134.00 ↑ +479%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $23.13 $23.13 – $43.21
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $23.13 $18.50 – $45.25
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $23.13 $23.13 – $44.31
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $23.13 $23.13 – $45.25
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $23.13 $23.13 – $45.25
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $23.13 $23.13 – $45.25
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $23.13 $23.13 – $44.31
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $23.13 $23.13 – $44.31

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