Laparo cholecystectomy/graph 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

$6,457.82

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$11,440.00

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.

$1,489.78 with KARNA vs $23,535.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,489.78 ↓ -77%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,899.04 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,059.20 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,642.64 ↓ -59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3,153.00 ↓ -51%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,457.82 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,457.82 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,457.82 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,457.82 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,457.82 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,780.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,039.02 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,749.38 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8,580.00 ↑ +33%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $8,580.00 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PIP $8,717.28 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE PPO $8,888.88 ↑ +38%
AETNA ASA $8,957.52 ↑ +39%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,076.50 ↑ +41%
CIGNA BH $9,152.00 ↑ +42%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9,724.00 ↑ +51%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $9,724.00 ↑ +51%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,067.20 ↑ +56%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +58%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +58%
CIGNA PPO $10,283.42 ↑ +59%
CIGNA HMO $10,283.42 ↑ +59%
HORIZON SHP $11,104.81 ↑ +72%
HORIZON HMO $11,163.15 ↑ +73%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,285.56 ↑ +75%
HORIZON PPO $11,440.00 ↑ +77%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +126%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15,984.00 ↑ +148%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $19,413.00 ↑ +201%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $20,213.00 ↑ +213%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $22,849.00 ↑ +254%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,535.00 ↑ +264%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Laparo cholecystectomy/graph at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $366.54 – $12,752.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $533.00 – $13,091.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $533.00 – $12,688.76
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $533.00 – $13,025.92
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $377.32 – $13,091.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $474.34 – $13,673.07
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $533.00 – $12,851.06
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,457.82 $6,457.82 – $15,984.00

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