Immunoglobulin assay 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

$12.46

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.

$78.00

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.

$9.63 with AETNA vs $58.00 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 $9.63 ↓ -23%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $9.97 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.46 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.08 ↑ +5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.46 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.58 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14.95 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.23 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $27.34 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $32.77 ↑ +163%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $32.77 ↑ +163%
QUALCARE HMO $33.70 ↑ +170%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $40.01 ↑ +221%
AETNA PPO $40.60 ↑ +226%
AETNA HMO $40.60 ↑ +226%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $41.91 ↑ +236%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +249%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +249%
HORIZON PIP $44.20 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE PPO $45.07 ↑ +262%
AETNA ASA $45.41 ↑ +264%
HORIZON OMNIA $46.02 ↑ +269%
CIGNA BH $46.40 ↑ +272%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $46.40 ↑ +272%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +296%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +296%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $50.67 ↑ +307%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $51.04 ↑ +310%
HORIZON SHP $56.30 ↑ +352%
HORIZON HMO $56.60 ↑ +354%
CIGNA PPO $57.10 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $57.10 ↑ +358%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $57.22 ↑ +359%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.39 ↑ +361%
HORIZON PPO $58.00 ↑ +365%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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