Incision of achilles tendon at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$1,771.43
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,188.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$380.93 with KARNA vs $14,615.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 | $380.93 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $861.21 | ↓ -51% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $933.84 | ↓ -47% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $983.00 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -33% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,198.43 | ↓ -32% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,860.00 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,930.86 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,125.72 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,247.00 | ↑ +27% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,518.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,891.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,891.00 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,953.26 | ↑ +123% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,031.08 | ↑ +128% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,062.20 | ↑ +129% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,116.16 | ↑ +132% |
| CIGNA | BH | $4,150.40 | ↑ +134% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,409.80 | ↑ +149% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,409.80 | ↑ +149% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,532.24 | ↑ +156% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,565.44 | ↑ +158% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,035.99 | ↑ +184% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,062.45 | ↑ +186% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,117.96 | ↑ +189% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,133.01 | ↑ +190% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,188.00 | ↑ +193% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +253% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,522.00 | ↑ +381% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +474% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +476% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +476% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,276.00 | ↑ +480% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +725% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Incision of achilles tendon at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,771.43 | $1,771.43 – $2,125.72 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,884.74 | $394.21 – $1,978.98 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,749.06 | $380.93 – $2,098.87 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,772.97 | $121.80 – $1,772.97 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,884.74 | $394.21 – $2,054.37 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,772.97 | $394.21 – $2,127.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,771.43 | $380.93 – $2,125.72 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,749.06 | $380.93 – $2,098.87 |