Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a 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

$35.09

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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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$176.00

Gross charge

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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.

$28.07 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $176.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $28.07 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $29.22 ↓ -17%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $35.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35.09 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $35.09 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.25 ↑ +9%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.83 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $42.11 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.70 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $77.04 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $78.43 ↑ +124%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $78.43 ↑ +124%
QUALCARE HMO $102.26 ↑ +191%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $121.42 ↑ +246%
AETNA PPO $123.20 ↑ +251%
AETNA HMO $123.20 ↑ +251%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $127.18 ↑ +262%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $132.00 ↑ +276%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $132.00 ↑ +276%
HORIZON PIP $134.11 ↑ +282%
QUALCARE PPO $136.75 ↑ +290%
AETNA ASA $137.81 ↑ +293%
HORIZON OMNIA $139.64 ↑ +298%
CIGNA BH $140.80 ↑ +301%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $140.80 ↑ +301%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $149.60 ↑ +326%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $149.60 ↑ +326%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $153.75 ↑ +338%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $154.88 ↑ +341%
CIGNA PPO $160.79 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $160.79 ↑ +358%
HORIZON SHP $170.84 ↑ +387%
HORIZON HMO $171.74 ↑ +389%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $173.62 ↑ +395%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $174.13 ↑ +396%
HORIZON PPO $176.00 ↑ +402%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $38.60 $16.49 – $147.60
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $38.60 $16.49 – $142.88
Community Medical Center Toms River $38.60 $16.49 – $142.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $38.60 $16.49 – $142.88
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $38.60 $16.49 – $142.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $38.60 $16.49 – $142.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $38.60 $16.49 – $142.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $35.09 $35.09 – $160.79

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