Proph rta dtchmnt crtx dthrm 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

$330.87

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.

$825.00

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.

$136.95 with AETNA vs $14,615.00 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 $136.95 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $148.50 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $190.58 ↓ -42%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $330.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $330.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.87 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $347.42 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $360.65 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $397.05 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $449.08 ↑ +36%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $618.75 ↑ +87%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $618.75 ↑ +87%
HORIZON PIP $628.65 ↑ +90%
QUALCARE PPO $641.03 ↑ +94%
AETNA ASA $645.98 ↑ +95%
HORIZON OMNIA $654.56 ↑ +98%
CIGNA BH $660.00 ↑ +99%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $701.25 ↑ +112%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $701.25 ↑ +112%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $720.72 ↑ +118%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $726.00 ↑ +119%
HORIZON SHP $800.83 ↑ +142%
HORIZON HMO $805.04 ↑ +143%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $813.86 ↑ +146%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $816.26 ↑ +147%
HORIZON PPO $825.00 ↑ +149%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +259%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↑ +291%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,805.00 ↑ +748%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +848%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,315.00 ↑ +902%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↑ +961%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +1791%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +2972%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +2983%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +2983%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +4317%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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