Removal of foreign body at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$3,167.89
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.
$6,211.00
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.
$845.20 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.
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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $845.20 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,031.03 | ↓ -67% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,117.98 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -62% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,434.74 | ↓ -55% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,886.00 | ↓ -9% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,167.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,167.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,167.89 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,167.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,167.89 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,326.28 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,453.00 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $3,801.47 | ↑ +20% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,658.25 | ↑ +47% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,658.25 | ↑ +47% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,732.78 | ↑ +49% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,825.95 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,863.21 | ↑ +54% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,927.81 | ↑ +56% |
| CIGNA | BH | $4,968.80 | ↑ +57% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,279.35 | ↑ +67% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,279.35 | ↑ +67% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,425.93 | ↑ +71% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,465.68 | ↑ +73% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6,029.02 | ↑ +90% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,060.69 | ↑ +91% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,127.15 | ↑ +93% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,145.16 | ↑ +94% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,211.00 | ↑ +96% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +97% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,725.00 | ↑ +112% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $7,533.00 | ↑ +138% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,522.00 | ↑ +169% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +221% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +222% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,276.00 | ↑ +224% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +361% |
| 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 | $5,855.00 | $61.03 – $6,255.76 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $198.70 – $6,421.98 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $203.49 – $6,224.48 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $196.31 – $6,389.87 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $62.82 – $6,421.98 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $78.98 – $6,707.33 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $392.62 – $6,304.10 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,167.89 | $3,167.89 – $3,801.47 |