Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$283.13

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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.

$1,320.00

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.

$219.12 with AETNA 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.

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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 $219.12 ↓ -23%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $237.60 ↓ -16%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $283.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $283.13 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $283.13 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $283.13 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $283.13 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $297.29 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $304.92 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $308.62 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $339.76 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $380.00 ↑ +34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $777.48 ↑ +175%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $953.83 ↑ +237%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $990.00 ↑ +250%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $990.00 ↑ +250%
HORIZON PIP $1,005.84 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE HMO $1,025.64 ↑ +262%
QUALCARE PPO $1,025.64 ↑ +262%
AETNA ASA $1,033.56 ↑ +265%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,047.29 ↑ +270%
CIGNA BH $1,056.00 ↑ +273%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,122.00 ↑ +296%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,122.00 ↑ +296%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,153.15 ↑ +307%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,161.60 ↑ +310%
AETNA HMO $1,188.00 ↑ +320%
AETNA PPO $1,188.00 ↑ +320%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,188.00 ↑ +320%
CIGNA PPO $1,262.32 ↑ +346%
CIGNA HMO $1,262.32 ↑ +346%
HORIZON SHP $1,281.32 ↑ +353%
HORIZON HMO $1,288.06 ↑ +355%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,302.18 ↑ +360%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,306.01 ↑ +361%
HORIZON PPO $1,320.00 ↑ +366%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,973.00 ↑ +950%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $128.01 $8.16 – $559.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $144.51 $286.99 – $573.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $141.44 $279.56 – $556.32
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $135.64 $286.99 – $571.11
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $142.06 $286.99 – $573.98
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $141.71 $10.56 – $599.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $149.22 $283.13 – $2,199.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $283.38 $255.80 – $382.00

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