Reprogram cochlear implt 7/> 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

$173.18

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.

$732.00

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.

$107.60 with KARNA vs $732.00 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 $107.60 ↓ -38%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $121.51 ↓ -30%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.76 ↓ -24%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $169.09 ↓ -2%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $173.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $173.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $181.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.77 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $207.82 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $328.00 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $431.15 ↑ +149%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $443.00 ↑ +156%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $498.78 ↑ +188%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $502.00 ↑ +190%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $505.01 ↑ +192%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $528.94 ↑ +205%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $549.00 ↑ +217%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $549.00 ↑ +217%
HORIZON PIP $557.78 ↑ +222%
QUALCARE HMO $568.76 ↑ +228%
QUALCARE PPO $568.76 ↑ +228%
AETNA ASA $573.16 ↑ +231%
HORIZON OMNIA $580.77 ↑ +235%
CIGNA BH $585.60 ↑ +238%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $622.20 ↑ +259%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $622.20 ↑ +259%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $644.16 ↑ +272%
AETNA HMO $658.80 ↑ +280%
AETNA PPO $658.80 ↑ +280%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $658.80 ↑ +280%
CIGNA HMO $700.01 ↑ +304%
CIGNA PPO $700.01 ↑ +304%
HORIZON SHP $710.55 ↑ +310%
HORIZON HMO $714.29 ↑ +312%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $722.12 ↑ +317%
HORIZON PPO $732.00 ↑ +323%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $164.01 $123.74 – $351.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $111.26 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $74.00 – $499.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $74.00 – $627.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $111.26 – $994.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $173.33 $111.26 – $250.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $173.18 $107.60 – $465.00

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