Pt evaluation high complexity patient/family 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

$126.19

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.

$660.00

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.

$60.00 with HORIZON vs $660.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↓ -52%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $80.00 ↓ -37%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.95 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $109.56 ↓ -13%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.80 ↓ -6%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $126.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $126.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $132.50 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $137.55 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $151.43 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $152.46 ↑ +21%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.12 ↑ +21%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.07 ↑ +32%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +78%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $278.00 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE HMO $306.00 ↑ +142%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $314.00 ↑ +149%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $349.00 ↑ +177%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $367.00 ↑ +191%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $388.74 ↑ +208%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $476.92 ↑ +278%
AETNA HMO $485.10 ↑ +284%
AETNA PPO $485.10 ↑ +284%
HORIZON PIP $502.92 ↑ +299%
QUALCARE PPO $512.82 ↑ +306%
AETNA ASA $516.78 ↑ +310%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $517.00 ↑ +310%
HORIZON OMNIA $523.64 ↑ +315%
CIGNA BH $528.00 ↑ +318%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +345%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +345%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $576.58 ↑ +357%
CIGNA HMO $631.16 ↑ +400%
CIGNA PPO $631.16 ↑ +400%
HORIZON SHP $640.66 ↑ +408%
HORIZON HMO $644.03 ↑ +410%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $651.09 ↑ +416%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $653.00 ↑ +417%
HORIZON PPO $660.00 ↑ +423%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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