Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging 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

$444.77

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.

$1,719.00

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.

$285.35 with AETNA vs $1,719.00 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 $285.35 ↓ -36%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $302.35 ↓ -32%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.42 ↓ -30%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $338.91 ↓ -24%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $397.09 ↓ -11%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $444.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $444.77 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $467.01 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.80 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $507.87 ↑ +14%
AETNA HMO $507.87 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $533.72 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $609.23 ↑ +37%
CIGNA PPO $609.23 ↑ +37%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $666.56 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $678.09 ↑ +52%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,158.70 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,158.70 ↑ +161%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,242.15 ↑ +179%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,289.25 ↑ +190%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,289.25 ↑ +190%
HORIZON PIP $1,309.88 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE HMO $1,335.66 ↑ +200%
QUALCARE PPO $1,335.66 ↑ +200%
AETNA ASA $1,345.98 ↑ +203%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,363.85 ↑ +207%
CIGNA BH $1,375.20 ↑ +209%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,461.15 ↑ +229%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,461.15 ↑ +229%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,512.72 ↑ +240%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,547.10 ↑ +248%
HORIZON SHP $1,668.63 ↑ +275%
HORIZON HMO $1,677.40 ↑ +277%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,695.79 ↑ +281%
HORIZON PPO $1,719.00 ↑ +286%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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