Pinworm exam 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

$4.27

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.

$29.00

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.

$3.42 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $29.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3.42 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.27 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.27 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.27 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.27 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.27 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.27 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.27 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.48 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.65 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $4.81 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5.12 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.56 ↑ +30%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.73 ↑ +58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.36 ↑ +119%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9.54 ↑ +123%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $9.54 ↑ +123%
QUALCARE HMO $16.85 ↑ +295%
CIGNA PPO $19.57 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $19.57 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $20.01 ↑ +369%
AETNA PPO $20.30 ↑ +375%
AETNA HMO $20.30 ↑ +375%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $20.96 ↑ +391%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $21.75 ↑ +409%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $21.75 ↑ +409%
HORIZON PIP $22.10 ↑ +418%
QUALCARE PPO $22.53 ↑ +428%
AETNA ASA $22.71 ↑ +432%
HORIZON OMNIA $23.01 ↑ +439%
CIGNA BH $23.20 ↑ +443%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $23.20 ↑ +443%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $24.65 ↑ +477%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $24.65 ↑ +477%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $25.33 ↑ +493%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $25.52 ↑ +498%
HORIZON SHP $28.15 ↑ +559%
HORIZON HMO $28.30 ↑ +563%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $28.61 ↑ +570%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $28.69 ↑ +572%
HORIZON PPO $29.00 ↑ +579%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Pinworm exam at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $4.70 $2.01 – $21.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Community Medical Center Toms River $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $29.50 $3.42 – $3.52
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $4.70 $2.01 – $17.35

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