Removal biliary drg cath 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

$1,037.75

Cash price

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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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$2,558.00

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.

$192.35 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
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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 $192.35 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $424.63 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $460.44 ↓ -56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $590.90 ↓ -43%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.64 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,131.14 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,245.30 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +76%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,918.50 ↑ +85%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,918.50 ↑ +85%
HORIZON PIP $1,949.20 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE PPO $1,987.57 ↑ +92%
AETNA ASA $2,002.91 ↑ +93%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,029.52 ↑ +96%
CIGNA BH $2,046.40 ↑ +97%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,174.30 ↑ +110%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,174.30 ↑ +110%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,234.67 ↑ +115%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +117%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,251.04 ↑ +117%
HORIZON SHP $2,483.05 ↑ +139%
HORIZON HMO $2,496.10 ↑ +141%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +143%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,523.47 ↑ +143%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,530.89 ↑ +144%
HORIZON PPO $2,558.00 ↑ +146%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +503%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +511%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +635%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +879%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +883%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +883%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +1308%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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