Release of foot tendon 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

$1,771.43

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$4,886.00

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.

$640.05 with KARNA vs $14,615.00 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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $640.05 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $811.08 ↓ -54%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $879.48 ↓ -50%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,128.67 ↓ -36%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -33%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,860.00 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,930.86 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,125.72 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,664.50 ↑ +107%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,664.50 ↑ +107%
HORIZON PIP $3,723.13 ↑ +110%
QUALCARE PPO $3,796.42 ↑ +114%
AETNA ASA $3,825.74 ↑ +116%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,876.55 ↑ +119%
CIGNA BH $3,908.80 ↑ +121%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,153.10 ↑ +134%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,153.10 ↑ +134%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,268.41 ↑ +141%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,299.68 ↑ +143%
CIGNA PPO $4,392.03 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $4,392.03 ↑ +148%
HORIZON SHP $4,742.84 ↑ +168%
HORIZON HMO $4,767.76 ↑ +169%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,820.04 ↑ +172%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,834.21 ↑ +173%
HORIZON PPO $4,886.00 ↑ +176%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +253%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,522.00 ↑ +381%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +474%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +476%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +476%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,276.00 ↑ +480%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +725%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Release of foot tendon at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $232.57 – $3,498.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $271.16 – $3,591.06
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $277.70 – $3,480.63
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $267.89 – $3,573.10
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $239.41 – $3,591.06
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $294.03 – $3,750.63
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $535.79 – $3,525.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,771.43 $1,771.43 – $2,125.72

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