Nasal/sinus endo w/ethmoidectomy part 31254 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

$7,662.21

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.

$11,887.00

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.

$497.97 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $497.97 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -84%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,482.00 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,973.24 ↓ -74%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,139.66 ↓ -72%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,520.04 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,745.90 ↓ -64%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,757.78 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↓ -53%
CIGNA PPO $4,013.00 ↓ -48%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -18%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,662.21 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,662.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,662.21 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,662.21 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,045.32 ↑ +5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,522.00 ↑ +11%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8,915.25 ↑ +16%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $8,915.25 ↑ +16%
HORIZON PIP $9,057.89 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9,194.65 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE PPO $9,236.20 ↑ +21%
AETNA ASA $9,307.52 ↑ +21%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,431.15 ↑ +23%
CIGNA BH $9,509.60 ↑ +24%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $10,103.95 ↑ +32%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,103.95 ↑ +32%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +33%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +33%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,276.00 ↑ +34%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,384.48 ↑ +36%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,460.56 ↑ +37%
HORIZON SHP $11,486.00 ↑ +50%
HORIZON HMO $11,599.33 ↑ +51%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,726.53 ↑ +53%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $11,761.00 ↑ +53%
HORIZON PPO $11,887.00 ↑ +55%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +91%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Nasal/sinus endo w/ethmoidectomy part 31254 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $225.70 – $15,130.86
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $283.86 – $15,532.92
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $290.70 – $15,055.21
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $280.44 – $15,455.26
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $232.33 – $15,532.92
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $292.08 – $16,223.12
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $560.88 – $15,247.80
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,662.21 $7,662.21 – $9,194.65

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