Red blood cells each unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$159.74
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.
$1,168.00
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.
$159.74 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $2,973.00 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.
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 |
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| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $159.74 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $159.74 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.74 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $167.73 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $174.12 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $191.69 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $193.89 | ↑ +21% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $210.24 | ↑ +32% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $269.81 | ↑ +69% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $280.35 | ↑ +76% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $380.00 | ↑ +138% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $687.95 | ↑ +331% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $844.00 | ↑ +428% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $876.00 | ↑ +448% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $876.00 | ↑ +448% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $890.02 | ↑ +457% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $907.54 | ↑ +468% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $907.54 | ↑ +468% |
| AETNA | ASA | $914.54 | ↑ +473% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $926.69 | ↑ +480% |
| CIGNA | BH | $934.40 | ↑ +485% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $992.80 | ↑ +522% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $992.80 | ↑ +522% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,020.36 | ↑ +539% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,027.84 | ↑ +543% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,051.20 | ↑ +558% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,051.20 | ↑ +558% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,051.20 | ↑ +558% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,116.96 | ↑ +599% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,116.96 | ↑ +599% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,133.78 | ↑ +610% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,139.73 | ↑ +613% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,152.23 | ↑ +621% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,155.62 | ↑ +623% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,168.00 | ↑ +631% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,973.00 | ↑ +1761% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Red blood cells each unit at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $106.80 | $157.72 – $315.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $120.57 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $113.17 | $161.92 – $322.22 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $118.52 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $159.88 | $144.32 – $382.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $169.96 | $169.96 – $907.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $159.88 | $159.88 – $353.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $159.74 | $159.74 – $361.00 |