M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$189.67

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.

$798.00

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.

$132.47 with AETNA vs $798.00 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 $132.47 ↓ -30%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $184.34 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $189.67 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $189.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.67 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.67 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $199.16 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $206.74 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $227.61 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $275.47 ↑ +45%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $333.37 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $333.37 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE HMO $463.64 ↑ +144%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $550.54 ↑ +190%
AETNA HMO $558.60 ↑ +195%
AETNA PPO $558.60 ↑ +195%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $576.63 ↑ +204%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $598.50 ↑ +216%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $598.50 ↑ +216%
HORIZON PIP $608.08 ↑ +221%
QUALCARE PPO $620.05 ↑ +227%
AETNA ASA $624.83 ↑ +229%
HORIZON OMNIA $633.13 ↑ +234%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $638.40 ↑ +237%
CIGNA BH $638.40 ↑ +237%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $678.30 ↑ +258%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $678.30 ↑ +258%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $697.13 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $702.24 ↑ +270%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $730.44 ↑ +285%
CIGNA HMO $763.13 ↑ +302%
CIGNA PPO $763.13 ↑ +302%
HORIZON SHP $774.62 ↑ +308%
HORIZON HMO $778.69 ↑ +311%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $787.23 ↑ +315%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $789.54 ↑ +316%
HORIZON PPO $798.00 ↑ +321%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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