Rmvl sq defib electrode 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

$4,028.20

Cash price

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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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$7,339.00

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.

$706.38 with KARNA vs $115,710.00 with OXFORD — 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 $706.38 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,218.27 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,321.02 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,695.31 ↓ -58%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,028.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,028.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,028.20 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,028.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,028.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,229.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,390.73 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,833.83 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $5,504.25 ↑ +37%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,504.25 ↑ +37%
HORIZON PIP $5,592.32 ↑ +39%
AETNA ASA $5,746.44 ↑ +43%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,822.76 ↑ +45%
CIGNA BH $5,871.20 ↑ +46%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,238.15 ↑ +55%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,238.15 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,411.35 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,458.32 ↑ +60%
CIGNA PPO $6,597.03 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HMO $6,597.03 ↑ +64%
HORIZON SHP $7,123.97 ↑ +77%
HORIZON HMO $7,161.40 ↑ +78%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,239.92 ↑ +80%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,261.21 ↑ +80%
HORIZON PPO $7,339.00 ↑ +82%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +152%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +153%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +153%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +263%
QUALCARE PPO $14,649.00 ↑ +264%
QUALCARE HMO $15,262.00 ↑ +279%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $114,617.00 ↑ +2745%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $115,710.00 ↑ +2772%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $173.80 – $7,954.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $4,083.00 – $8,166.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $3,977.32 – $7,914.87
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $4,083.00 – $8,125.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $178.91 – $8,166.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $224.91 – $8,528.86
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $4,028.20 – $8,016.12
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,028.20 $4,028.20 – $4,833.83

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