Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$7.86
Cash price 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.
$145.69
Gross charge 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.
$7.86 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $145.69 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.25 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.57 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $9.43 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.22 | ↑ +234% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $38.97 | ↑ +396% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $42.38 | ↑ +439% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $46.36 | ↑ +490% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $65.56 | ↑ +734% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $65.56 | ↑ +734% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $71.39 | ↑ +808% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $72.12 | ↑ +818% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $72.12 | ↑ +818% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $72.85 | ↑ +827% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $72.85 | ↑ +827% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $75.03 | ↑ +855% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $75.03 | ↑ +855% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $82.31 | ↑ +947% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $82.31 | ↑ +947% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $85.81 | ↑ +992% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $87.41 | ↑ +1012% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $87.41 | ↑ +1012% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $100.51 | ↑ +1179% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $105.28 | ↑ +1239% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $111.02 | ↑ +1312% |
| AETNA | ASA | $114.08 | ↑ +1351% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $115.59 | ↑ +1371% |
| CIGNA | BH | $116.55 | ↑ +1383% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $123.84 | ↑ +1476% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $123.84 | ↑ +1476% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $131.12 | ↑ +1568% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $141.42 | ↑ +1699% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $142.16 | ↑ +1709% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $143.72 | ↑ +1728% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $145.69 | ↑ +1754% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | not published | $1.19 – $19.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | not published | $1.67 – $19.98 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $1.67 – $19.36 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $1.67 – $19.88 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | not published | $1.67 – $19.98 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | not published | $1.67 – $20.86 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | not published | $1.67 – $19.60 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | not published | $4.67 – $19.36 |