Laser surgery of prostate 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

$5,626.86

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$9,790.00

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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.

$1,423.99 with KARNA vs $19,888.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $1,423.99 ↓ -75%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,625.14 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,762.20 ↓ -69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,261.49 ↓ -60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -58%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,626.86 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,626.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,626.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,626.86 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,626.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,908.20 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,133.27 ↑ +9%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6,752.23 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $7,342.50 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,342.50 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PIP $7,459.98 ↑ +33%
QUALCARE PPO $7,606.83 ↑ +35%
AETNA ASA $7,665.57 ↑ +36%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,767.39 ↑ +38%
CIGNA BH $7,832.00 ↑ +39%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,321.50 ↑ +48%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,321.50 ↑ +48%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,552.54 ↑ +52%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,615.20 ↑ +53%
CIGNA PPO $8,800.23 ↑ +56%
CIGNA HMO $8,800.23 ↑ +56%
HORIZON SHP $9,503.15 ↑ +69%
HORIZON HMO $9,553.08 ↑ +70%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $9,657.84 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,686.23 ↑ +72%
HORIZON PPO $9,790.00 ↑ +74%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +81%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +81%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +81%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +160%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $16,418.00 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,888.00 ↑ +253%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Laser surgery of prostate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $832.70 – $11,111.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $5,703.42 – $11,406.84
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $5,555.79 – $11,056.02
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $5,703.42 – $11,349.81
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $857.19 – $11,406.84
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $1,077.61 – $11,913.69
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $5,626.86 – $11,197.45
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5,626.86 $5,626.86 – $6,752.23

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