Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$7.47

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.

$174.00

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.

$5.98 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $174.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $5.98 ↓ -20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.47 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.47 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.47 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.14 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8.96 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.73 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.67 ↑ +96%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $28.88 ↑ +287%
CIGNA PPO $34.23 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $34.23 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.37 ↑ +440%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $98.31 ↑ +1216%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $98.31 ↑ +1216%
QUALCARE HMO $101.09 ↑ +1253%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $120.04 ↑ +1507%
AETNA PPO $121.80 ↑ +1531%
AETNA HMO $121.80 ↑ +1531%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $125.73 ↑ +1583%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $130.50 ↑ +1647%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $130.50 ↑ +1647%
HORIZON PIP $132.59 ↑ +1675%
QUALCARE PPO $135.20 ↑ +1710%
AETNA ASA $136.24 ↑ +1724%
HORIZON OMNIA $138.05 ↑ +1748%
CIGNA BH $139.20 ↑ +1763%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $139.20 ↑ +1763%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $147.90 ↑ +1880%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $147.90 ↑ +1880%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $152.01 ↑ +1935%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $153.12 ↑ +1950%
HORIZON SHP $168.90 ↑ +2161%
HORIZON HMO $169.79 ↑ +2173%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $171.65 ↑ +2198%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $172.16 ↑ +2205%
HORIZON PPO $174.00 ↑ +2229%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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