Incis 1 vertebral seg cerv 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

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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.

$20,813.00

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.

$1,827.00 with HORIZON vs $23,535.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,454.96
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,745.16
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,746.34
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,412.36
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,807.80
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,828.62
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00
HORIZON OMNIA $10,075.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00
AETNA HMO $10,202.00
AETNA PPO $10,202.00
QUALCARE PPO $10,231.00
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,822.00
HORIZON SHP $11,486.00
HORIZON HMO $12,442.00
HORIZON INDEMNITY $12,559.00
HORIZON PPO $12,766.00
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $13,295.00
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $14,057.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $15,027.00
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,603.00
HORIZON PIP $15,859.51
AETNA ASA $16,296.58
CIGNA BH $16,650.40
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $17,691.05
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $17,691.05
CIGNA PPO $18,708.81
CIGNA HMO $18,708.81
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $19,413.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,535.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Incis 1 vertebral seg cerv at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $921.43 – $921.43
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $1,294.80 – $1,294.80
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $1,326.00 – $1,326.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $1,279.20 – $1,279.20
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $948.53 – $2,347.80
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $1,192.44 – $1,404.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $2,558.40 – $2,558.40
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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