Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$142.67

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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.

$308.00

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.

$42.97 with KARNA vs $1,011.00 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
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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 $42.97 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.13 ↓ -64%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.44 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $71.15 ↓ -50%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.67 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.67 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.67 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.81 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.51 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.21 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $181.41 ↑ +27%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $212.49 ↑ +49%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $222.56 ↑ +56%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $231.00 ↑ +62%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $231.00 ↑ +62%
HORIZON PIP $234.70 ↑ +65%
QUALCARE HMO $239.32 ↑ +68%
QUALCARE PPO $239.32 ↑ +68%
AETNA ASA $241.16 ↑ +69%
HORIZON OMNIA $244.37 ↑ +71%
CIGNA BH $246.40 ↑ +73%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $261.80 ↑ +84%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $261.80 ↑ +84%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $269.07 ↑ +89%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $271.04 ↑ +90%
AETNA HMO $277.20 ↑ +94%
AETNA PPO $277.20 ↑ +94%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $277.20 ↑ +94%
CIGNA HMO $294.54 ↑ +106%
CIGNA PPO $294.54 ↑ +106%
HORIZON SHP $298.98 ↑ +110%
HORIZON HMO $300.55 ↑ +111%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $303.84 ↑ +113%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $304.74 ↑ +114%
HORIZON PPO $308.00 ↑ +116%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $604.00 ↑ +323%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,011.00 ↑ +609%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $60.06 $140.87 – $313.48
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $59.33 $129.48 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $66.36 $132.60 – $280.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $39.58 $127.92 – $287.79
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $90.50 $394.00 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $58.32 $144.62 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $66.49 $140.40 – $302.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $70.01 $142.67 – $283.91

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