Pentobarbital sodium inj 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.

$166.75

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.

$18.55 with CLOVER vs $103.04 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.55
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.84
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.91
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $29.97
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $32.79
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $46.37
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.37
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $50.49
CIGNA HMO $51.00
CIGNA PPO $51.00
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $51.52
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $51.52
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.94
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $53.07
QUALCARE PPO $53.07
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $58.22
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $58.22
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $60.69
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $61.82
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $61.82
AETNA PPO $62.44
AETNA HMO $62.44
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $71.09
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $74.46
HORIZON PIP $78.52
AETNA ASA $80.68
HORIZON OMNIA $81.75
CIGNA BH $82.43
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $87.58
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $87.58
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $92.74
HORIZON SHP $100.02
HORIZON HMO $100.55
HORIZON INDEMNITY $101.65
HORIZON PPO $103.04
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
QUALCARE HMO not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $5.72 – $386.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $52.61 – $70.90
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $52.61 – $70.90
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $52.61 – $70.90
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $52.61 – $70.90
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $7.41 – $70.90
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $52.61 – $70.90
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $52.21 – $99.96

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