Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$65.75

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.

$248.00

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.

$18.26 with AETNA vs $110.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $18.26 ↓ -72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $25.41 ↓ -61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $34.53 ↓ -47%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $62.15 ↓ -5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $62.15 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE HMO $63.91 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $65.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.66 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $75.89 ↑ +15%
AETNA HMO $77.00 ↑ +17%
AETNA PPO $77.00 ↑ +17%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.03 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $78.90 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $79.49 ↑ +21%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $82.50 ↑ +25%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $82.50 ↑ +25%
HORIZON PIP $83.82 ↑ +27%
QUALCARE PPO $85.47 ↑ +30%
AETNA ASA $86.13 ↑ +31%
HORIZON OMNIA $87.27 ↑ +33%
CIGNA BH $88.00 ↑ +34%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $88.00 ↑ +34%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $93.50 ↑ +42%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $93.50 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $96.10 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $96.80 ↑ +47%
CIGNA PPO $105.19 ↑ +60%
CIGNA HMO $105.19 ↑ +60%
HORIZON SHP $106.78 ↑ +62%
HORIZON HMO $107.34 ↑ +63%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $108.52 ↑ +65%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $108.83 ↑ +66%
HORIZON PPO $110.00 ↑ +67%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $52.74 $15.96 – $135.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $28.81 $15.96 – $134.87
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $61.48 $15.96 – $134.87
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $34.53 – $71.66
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $15.73 – $79.68

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