Removal of inner eye lesion 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

$607.22

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,667.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$276.72 with AETNA vs $14,615.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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 $276.72 ↓ -54%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.06 ↓ -51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $385.08 ↓ -37%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $607.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $607.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $607.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $607.22 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $607.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $637.58 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $661.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $728.67 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $994.84 ↑ +64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +96%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,250.25 ↑ +106%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,250.25 ↑ +106%
HORIZON PIP $1,270.25 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE PPO $1,295.26 ↑ +113%
AETNA ASA $1,305.26 ↑ +115%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,322.60 ↑ +118%
CIGNA BH $1,333.60 ↑ +120%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,416.95 ↑ +133%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,416.95 ↑ +133%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.29 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,466.96 ↑ +142%
HORIZON SHP $1,618.16 ↑ +166%
HORIZON HMO $1,626.66 ↑ +168%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,644.50 ↑ +171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,649.33 ↑ +172%
HORIZON PPO $1,667.00 ↑ +175%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↑ +201%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↑ +270%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +315%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,165.00 ↑ +586%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,973.00 ↑ +719%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +930%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +1574%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +1580%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +1580%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +2307%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Removal of inner eye lesion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $270.90 – $1,978.15
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $277.55 – $1,230.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $284.24 – $1,193.10
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $274.21 – $1,224.83
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $278.87 – $1,230.98
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $300.96 – $1,285.66
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $548.42 – $1,208.37
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $607.22 $607.22 – $728.67

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →