Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$444.77

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.

$2,530.00

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.

$319.59 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,530.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $319.59 ↓ -28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $394.86 ↓ -11%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $401.68 ↓ -10%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $419.98 ↓ -6%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $444.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $444.77 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $455.40 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $467.01 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.80 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $497.86 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $533.72 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $584.43 ↑ +31%
AETNA HMO $638.67 ↑ +44%
AETNA PPO $638.67 ↑ +44%
CIGNA HMO $938.94 ↑ +111%
CIGNA PPO $938.94 ↑ +111%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,158.70 ↑ +161%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,158.70 ↑ +161%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,828.18 ↑ +311%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,897.50 ↑ +327%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,897.50 ↑ +327%
HORIZON PIP $1,927.86 ↑ +333%
QUALCARE PPO $1,965.81 ↑ +342%
QUALCARE HMO $1,965.81 ↑ +342%
AETNA ASA $1,980.99 ↑ +345%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,007.30 ↑ +351%
CIGNA BH $2,024.00 ↑ +355%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,150.50 ↑ +384%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,150.50 ↑ +384%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,226.40 ↑ +401%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,277.00 ↑ +412%
HORIZON SHP $2,455.87 ↑ +452%
HORIZON HMO $2,468.77 ↑ +455%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,495.85 ↑ +461%
HORIZON PPO $2,530.00 ↑ +469%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $451.23 $140.85 – $1,197.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $492.45 $123.00 – $1,197.64
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