Protein total serum plasma whole blood at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$3.67
Cash price 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.
$242.00
Gross charge 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.
$2.94 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $33.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2.94 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.67 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.85 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.00 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4.40 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.78 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.48 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.66 | ↑ +109% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.04 | ↑ +119% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $8.20 | ↑ +123% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.20 | ↑ +123% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $16.82 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $16.82 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $19.17 | ↑ +422% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $22.77 | ↑ +520% |
| AETNA | PPO | $23.10 | ↑ +529% |
| AETNA | HMO | $23.10 | ↑ +529% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $23.85 | ↑ +550% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $24.75 | ↑ +574% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $24.75 | ↑ +574% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $25.15 | ↑ +585% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $25.64 | ↑ +599% |
| AETNA | ASA | $25.84 | ↑ +604% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $26.18 | ↑ +613% |
| CIGNA | BH | $26.40 | ↑ +619% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $26.40 | ↑ +619% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $28.05 | ↑ +664% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $28.05 | ↑ +664% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $28.83 | ↑ +686% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $29.04 | ↑ +691% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $32.03 | ↑ +773% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $32.20 | ↑ +777% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $32.55 | ↑ +787% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $32.65 | ↑ +790% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $33.00 | ↑ +799% |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protein total serum plasma whole blood at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $27.50 | $2.94 – $3.03 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $4.04 | $1.72 – $14.69 |