Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$1.62
Cash price 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.
$2.36
Gross charge 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.
$0.42 with CLOVER vs $2.36 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $0.42 | ↓ -74% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $0.69 | ↓ -57% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $0.75 | ↓ -54% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.06 | ↓ -35% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.06 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.16 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1.17 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1.17 | ↓ -28% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.18 | ↓ -27% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.18 | ↓ -27% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1.22 | ↓ -25% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1.22 | ↓ -25% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.33 | ↓ -18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1.33 | ↓ -18% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.38 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.39 | ↓ -14% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.42 | ↓ -12% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.42 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1.43 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1.43 | ↓ -12% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.70 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1.71 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.77 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1.80 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1.85 | ↑ +14% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1.87 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1.89 | ↑ +17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1.94 | ↑ +20% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2.01 | ↑ +24% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2.01 | ↑ +24% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2.12 | ↑ +31% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2.29 | ↑ +41% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2.30 | ↑ +42% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2.33 | ↑ +44% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2.36 | ↑ +46% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.70 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.77 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |