Psy/npsy phys/qhp 2> tst 1st 30 min 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

$142.67

Cash price

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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.

$157.00

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.

$24.75 with HORIZON vs $549.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
HORIZON BH $24.75 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $26.06 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.26 ↓ -80%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $36.27 ↓ -75%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.70 ↓ -74%
QUALCARE HMO $73.48 ↓ -48%
QUALCARE PPO $73.48 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $92.47 ↓ -35%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $108.31 ↓ -24%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $113.45 ↓ -20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $117.75 ↓ -17%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $117.75 ↓ -17%
HORIZON PIP $119.63 ↓ -16%
AETNA ASA $122.93 ↓ -14%
HORIZON OMNIA $124.56 ↓ -13%
CIGNA BH $125.60 ↓ -12%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $133.45 ↓ -6%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $133.45 ↓ -6%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $137.16 ↓ -4%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $138.16 ↓ -3%
AETNA PPO $141.30 ↓ -1%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $141.30 ↓ -1%
AETNA HMO $141.30 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.67 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.67 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.67 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.67 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.81 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HMO $150.14 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $150.14 ↑ +5%
HORIZON SHP $152.40 ↑ +7%
HORIZON HMO $153.20 ↑ +7%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $154.88 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $155.34 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.51 ↑ +9%
HORIZON PPO $157.00 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.21 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $426.00 ↑ +199%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $549.00 ↑ +285%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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