Path clin consltj sf 5-20 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

$59.14

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.

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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.

$38.60 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $113.43 with OXFORD — 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 $38.60 ↓ -35%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.73 ↓ -35%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $59.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $59.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.10 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.46 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $70.97 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $113.43 ↑ +92%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $113.43 ↑ +92%

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Path clin consltj sf 5-20 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $26.84 $18.59 – $116.78
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $19.28 $22.39 – $119.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $29.71 $22.39 – $125.21
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $38.60 – $104.16
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $39.96 – $117.21
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $58.39 $20.05 – $104.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $59.19 $20.05 – $110.64
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $62.92 $39.96 – $214.05

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