Infect ag na herpes simplex quant 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

$42.84

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.

$289.00

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.

$34.27 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $289.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $34.27 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.98 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.70 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $47.97 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.41 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.80 ↑ +30%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $67.05 ↑ +57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $94.02 ↑ +119%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $163.29 ↑ +281%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $163.29 ↑ +281%
QUALCARE HMO $167.91 ↑ +292%
CIGNA PPO $196.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $196.31 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $199.38 ↑ +365%
AETNA PPO $202.30 ↑ +372%
AETNA HMO $202.30 ↑ +372%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $208.83 ↑ +387%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $216.75 ↑ +406%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $216.75 ↑ +406%
HORIZON PIP $220.22 ↑ +414%
QUALCARE PPO $224.55 ↑ +424%
AETNA ASA $226.29 ↑ +428%
HORIZON OMNIA $229.29 ↑ +435%
CIGNA BH $231.20 ↑ +440%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $231.20 ↑ +440%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $245.65 ↑ +473%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $245.65 ↑ +473%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $252.47 ↑ +489%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $254.32 ↑ +494%
HORIZON SHP $280.53 ↑ +555%
HORIZON HMO $282.01 ↑ +558%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $285.10 ↑ +565%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $285.94 ↑ +567%
HORIZON PPO $289.00 ↑ +575%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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