Open tx iliac spine uni/bil 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

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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.

$1,914.00

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.

$317.72 with AETNA vs $23,535.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $317.72
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $344.52
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $405.77
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $442.13
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.05
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,279.64
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,435.50
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,435.50
HORIZON PIP $1,458.47
QUALCARE PPO $1,487.18
AETNA ASA $1,498.66
HORIZON OMNIA $1,518.57
CIGNA BH $1,531.20
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,626.90
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,626.90
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,672.07
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,684.32
CIGNA PPO $1,720.49
CIGNA HMO $1,720.49
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00
HORIZON SHP $1,857.92
HORIZON HMO $1,867.68
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,888.16
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,893.71
HORIZON PPO $1,914.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00
AETNA HMO $10,202.00
AETNA PPO $10,202.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $19,413.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,535.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Open tx iliac spine uni/bil at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $372.91 – $372.91
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $383.88 – $383.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $482.59 – $482.59
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $1,321.29 – $1,321.29
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $1,279.64 – $1,279.64
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $1,321.29 – $1,321.29
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen not published $1,321.29 – $1,321.29

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