Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$85.10

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.

$934.00

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.

$68.08 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $934.00 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 $68.08 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.10 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $85.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $85.10 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $85.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.10 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $85.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.36 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.76 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $102.12 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.84 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $155.04 ↑ +82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $186.78 ↑ +119%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $216.69 ↑ +155%
CIGNA PPO $389.96 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $389.96 ↑ +358%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $527.71 ↑ +520%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $527.71 ↑ +520%
QUALCARE HMO $542.65 ↑ +538%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $644.37 ↑ +657%
AETNA PPO $653.80 ↑ +668%
AETNA HMO $653.80 ↑ +668%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $674.91 ↑ +693%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $700.50 ↑ +723%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $700.50 ↑ +723%
HORIZON PIP $711.71 ↑ +736%
QUALCARE PPO $725.72 ↑ +753%
AETNA ASA $731.32 ↑ +759%
HORIZON OMNIA $741.04 ↑ +771%
CIGNA BH $747.20 ↑ +778%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $747.20 ↑ +778%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $793.90 ↑ +833%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $793.90 ↑ +833%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $815.94 ↑ +859%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $821.92 ↑ +866%
HORIZON SHP $906.63 ↑ +965%
HORIZON HMO $911.40 ↑ +971%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $921.39 ↑ +983%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $924.10 ↑ +986%
HORIZON PPO $934.00 ↑ +998%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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