Optx medial ankle fx 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

$7,907.11

Cash price

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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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$11,054.00

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.

$1,277.54 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,277.54 ↓ -84%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,482.00 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,834.96 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,989.72 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,553.47 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↓ -55%
CIGNA PPO $4,013.00 ↓ -49%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -21%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,907.11 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,907.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,907.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,907.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,907.11 ↑ +0%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $8,290.50 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8,290.50 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,302.46 ↑ +5%
HORIZON PIP $8,423.15 ↑ +7%
QUALCARE PPO $8,588.96 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,618.75 ↑ +9%
AETNA ASA $8,655.28 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $8,770.24 ↑ +11%
CIGNA BH $8,843.20 ↑ +12%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $9,395.90 ↑ +19%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9,395.90 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9,488.53 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9,656.77 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,727.52 ↑ +23%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +29%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +29%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +29%
HORIZON SHP $10,730.12 ↑ +36%
HORIZON HMO $10,786.49 ↑ +36%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10,904.77 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10,936.83 ↑ +38%
HORIZON PPO $11,054.00 ↑ +40%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +85%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $19,413.00 ↑ +146%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,535.00 ↑ +198%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Optx medial ankle fx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $314.31 – $15,614.48
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $469.05 – $16,029.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $480.35 – $15,536.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $463.40 – $15,949.23
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $323.56 – $16,029.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $406.76 – $16,741.65
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $926.80 – $15,735.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,907.11 $7,907.11 – $9,488.53

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