Low cost skin substitute app 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

$677.54

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.

$1,921.00

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.

$318.89 with AETNA vs $14,615.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $318.89 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $345.78 ↓ -49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $443.75 ↓ -35%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $677.54 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $677.54 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $711.42 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $738.52 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $813.05 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +75%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,440.75 ↑ +113%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,440.75 ↑ +113%
HORIZON PIP $1,463.80 ↑ +116%
QUALCARE PPO $1,492.62 ↑ +120%
AETNA ASA $1,504.14 ↑ +122%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,524.12 ↑ +125%
CIGNA BH $1,536.80 ↑ +127%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,632.85 ↑ +141%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,632.85 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,678.19 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,690.48 ↑ +150%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +170%
HORIZON SHP $1,864.71 ↑ +175%
HORIZON HMO $1,874.51 ↑ +177%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,895.07 ↑ +180%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,900.64 ↑ +181%
HORIZON PPO $1,921.00 ↑ +184%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +232%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +272%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +314%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +389%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +823%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +1400%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +1406%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +1406%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +2057%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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