Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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

$6.14

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.

$90.00

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.

$4.91 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $90.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $4.91 ↓ -20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.14 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.14 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.14 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.45 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.69 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7.37 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.00 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.46 ↑ +103%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13.72 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13.72 ↑ +123%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.94 ↑ +143%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.88 ↑ +240%
CIGNA HMO $28.14 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $28.14 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $52.29 ↑ +752%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $62.09 ↑ +911%
AETNA PPO $63.00 ↑ +926%
AETNA HMO $63.00 ↑ +926%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $65.03 ↑ +959%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $67.50 ↑ +999%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $67.50 ↑ +999%
HORIZON PIP $68.58 ↑ +1017%
QUALCARE PPO $69.93 ↑ +1039%
AETNA ASA $70.47 ↑ +1048%
HORIZON OMNIA $71.41 ↑ +1063%
CIGNA BH $72.00 ↑ +1073%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $72.00 ↑ +1073%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +1146%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +1146%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $78.62 ↑ +1180%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $79.20 ↑ +1190%
HORIZON SHP $87.36 ↑ +1323%
HORIZON HMO $87.82 ↑ +1330%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $88.79 ↑ +1346%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $89.05 ↑ +1350%
HORIZON PPO $90.00 ↑ +1366%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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