Remove hand bone 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

$1,771.43

Cash price

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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.

$6,706.00

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.

$961.13 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 $961.13 ↓ -46%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,113.20 ↓ -37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -33%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,207.08 ↓ -32%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↓ -27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,549.09 ↓ -13%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,771.43 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,860.00 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,930.86 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,125.72 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +77%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↑ +98%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $5,029.50 ↑ +184%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,029.50 ↑ +184%
HORIZON PIP $5,109.97 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE PPO $5,210.56 ↑ +194%
AETNA ASA $5,250.80 ↑ +196%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,320.54 ↑ +200%
CIGNA BH $5,364.80 ↑ +203%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,700.10 ↑ +222%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,700.10 ↑ +222%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,858.36 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,901.28 ↑ +233%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +253%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +258%
HORIZON SHP $6,509.51 ↑ +267%
HORIZON HMO $6,543.71 ↑ +269%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,615.47 ↑ +273%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,634.92 ↑ +275%
HORIZON PPO $6,706.00 ↑ +279%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +330%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +474%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +476%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +476%
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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Remove hand bone lesion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $236.48 – $3,498.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $324.98 – $3,591.06
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $332.81 – $3,480.63
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $321.06 – $3,573.10
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $243.43 – $3,591.06
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $306.03 – $3,750.63
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $642.13 – $3,525.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,771.43 $1,771.43 – $2,125.72

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