Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn 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

$778.78

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.

$2,267.00

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.

$168.73 with KARNA vs $12,082.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $168.73 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $376.32 ↓ -52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $408.06 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $523.68 ↓ -33%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.78 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $778.78 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $778.78 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $817.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $848.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $934.53 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,335.26 ↑ +71%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,544.73 ↑ +98%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,564.00 ↑ +101%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,700.25 ↑ +118%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,700.25 ↑ +118%
HORIZON PIP $1,727.45 ↑ +122%
QUALCARE HMO $1,761.46 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE PPO $1,761.46 ↑ +126%
AETNA ASA $1,775.06 ↑ +128%
CIGNA BH $1,813.60 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,926.27 ↑ +147%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,926.95 ↑ +147%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,926.95 ↑ +147%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,980.45 ↑ +154%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,994.96 ↑ +156%
AETNA PPO $2,040.30 ↑ +162%
AETNA HMO $2,040.30 ↑ +162%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,040.30 ↑ +162%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,242.97 ↑ +188%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +303%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↑ +351%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,533.00 ↑ +1124%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +1203%
HORIZON SHP $10,970.00 ↑ +1309%
HORIZON HMO $11,776.00 ↑ +1412%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,886.00 ↑ +1426%
HORIZON PPO $12,082.00 ↑ +1451%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $187.85 – $1,673.82
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $243.10 – $1,648.89
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