Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b 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

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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.

$385.00

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 $385.00 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%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.41 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.80 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $63.91 ↑ +49%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.32 ↑ +108%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $94.02 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $95.75 ↑ +124%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $95.75 ↑ +124%
CIGNA PPO $196.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $196.31 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $223.69 ↑ +422%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $265.61 ↑ +520%
AETNA PPO $269.50 ↑ +529%
AETNA HMO $269.50 ↑ +529%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $278.20 ↑ +549%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.75 ↑ +574%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $288.75 ↑ +574%
HORIZON PIP $293.37 ↑ +585%
QUALCARE PPO $299.15 ↑ +598%
AETNA ASA $301.46 ↑ +604%
HORIZON OMNIA $305.46 ↑ +613%
CIGNA BH $308.00 ↑ +619%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $308.00 ↑ +619%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +664%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +664%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $336.34 ↑ +685%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $338.80 ↑ +691%
HORIZON SHP $373.72 ↑ +772%
HORIZON HMO $375.68 ↑ +777%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $379.80 ↑ +787%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $380.92 ↑ +789%
HORIZON PPO $385.00 ↑ +799%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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