Injection, edaravone, 1 mg 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

$18.84

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.

$111.11

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.

$16.01 with HORIZON vs $111.11 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.01 ↓ -15%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.84 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.78 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.00 ↑ +6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $22.61 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.41 ↑ +51%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $32.32 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $35.36 ↑ +88%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.00 ↑ +165%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $50.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $54.44 ↑ +189%
CIGNA PPO $55.00 ↑ +192%
CIGNA HMO $55.00 ↑ +192%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $55.56 ↑ +195%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $55.56 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE PPO $57.22 ↑ +204%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $57.22 ↑ +204%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $62.78 ↑ +233%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $62.78 ↑ +233%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.44 ↑ +247%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $66.67 ↑ +254%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $66.67 ↑ +254%
AETNA PPO $67.33 ↑ +257%
AETNA HMO $67.33 ↑ +257%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $80.29 ↑ +326%
HORIZON PIP $84.67 ↑ +349%
AETNA ASA $87.00 ↑ +362%
HORIZON OMNIA $88.15 ↑ +368%
CIGNA BH $88.89 ↑ +372%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $94.44 ↑ +401%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $94.44 ↑ +401%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $100.00 ↑ +431%
HORIZON SHP $107.85 ↑ +472%
HORIZON HMO $108.42 ↑ +475%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $109.61 ↑ +482%
HORIZON PPO $111.11 ↑ +490%
QUALCARE HMO not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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