Incision of burn scab initi 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

$442.22

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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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$1,150.00

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.

$190.90 with AETNA vs $14,615.00 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

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 $190.90 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.00 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $265.65 ↓ -40%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $398.91 ↓ -10%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $442.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $442.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $442.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $442.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $442.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $464.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $482.02 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $530.67 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $862.50 ↑ +95%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $862.50 ↑ +95%
HORIZON PIP $876.30 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE PPO $893.55 ↑ +102%
AETNA ASA $900.45 ↑ +104%
HORIZON OMNIA $912.41 ↑ +106%
CIGNA BH $920.00 ↑ +108%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $977.50 ↑ +121%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $977.50 ↑ +121%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,004.64 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,012.00 ↑ +129%
CIGNA HMO $1,033.74 ↑ +134%
CIGNA PPO $1,033.74 ↑ +134%
HORIZON SHP $1,116.31 ↑ +152%
HORIZON HMO $1,122.17 ↑ +154%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,134.48 ↑ +157%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,137.81 ↑ +157%
HORIZON PPO $1,150.00 ↑ +160%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +169%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↑ +192%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +534%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +650%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +1315%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +2198%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +2207%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +2207%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +3205%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $442.22 $442.22 – $530.67
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $470.51 $376.41 – $494.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $436.64 $398.91 – $523.97
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $442.61 $67.20 – $442.61
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $470.51 $409.13 – $512.86
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $442.61 $409.13 – $531.13
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $442.22 $398.91 – $530.67
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $436.64 $398.91 – $523.97

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