Red blood cells washed each unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$439.28
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.
$934.00
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.
$155.04 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $155.04 | ↓ -65% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $168.12 | ↓ -62% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $215.75 | ↓ -51% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $380.00 | ↓ -13% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $439.28 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $439.28 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $439.28 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $439.28 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $439.28 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $461.24 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $478.81 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $527.14 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $543.61 | ↑ +24% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $550.13 | ↑ +25% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $674.91 | ↑ +54% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $700.50 | ↑ +59% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $700.50 | ↑ +59% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $711.71 | ↑ +62% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $725.72 | ↑ +65% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $725.72 | ↑ +65% |
| AETNA | ASA | $731.32 | ↑ +66% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $741.04 | ↑ +69% |
| CIGNA | BH | $747.20 | ↑ +70% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $793.90 | ↑ +81% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $793.90 | ↑ +81% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $815.94 | ↑ +86% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $821.92 | ↑ +87% |
| AETNA | HMO | $840.60 | ↑ +91% |
| AETNA | PPO | $840.60 | ↑ +91% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $840.60 | ↑ +91% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $893.18 | ↑ +103% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $893.18 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $906.63 | ↑ +106% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $911.40 | ↑ +107% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $921.39 | ↑ +110% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $924.10 | ↑ +110% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $934.00 | ↑ +113% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,973.00 | ↑ +577% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $174.74 | $433.73 – $867.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $197.27 | $445.26 – $890.52 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $185.17 | $445.26 – $886.07 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $193.92 | $445.26 – $890.52 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $193.46 | $467.38 – $930.09 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $203.70 | $439.28 – $2,199.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $439.66 | $311.00 – $555.09 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $467.38 | $467.38 – $907.00 |