Salivary gland imaging 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

$444.77

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.

$1,359.00

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.

$164.19 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,359.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $164.19 ↓ -63%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $211.11 ↓ -53%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $214.76 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $225.59 ↓ -49%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $244.62 ↓ -45%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $302.77 ↓ -32%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $313.93 ↓ -29%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $444.77 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $444.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $444.77 ↑ +0%
AETNA PPO $463.05 ↑ +4%
AETNA HMO $463.05 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $467.01 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.80 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $533.72 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $557.37 ↑ +25%
CIGNA HMO $557.37 ↑ +25%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $982.01 ↑ +121%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,019.25 ↑ +129%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,019.25 ↑ +129%
HORIZON PIP $1,035.56 ↑ +133%
QUALCARE HMO $1,055.94 ↑ +137%
QUALCARE PPO $1,055.94 ↑ +137%
AETNA ASA $1,064.10 ↑ +139%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,078.23 ↑ +142%
CIGNA BH $1,087.20 ↑ +144%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,155.15 ↑ +160%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,155.15 ↑ +160%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,158.70 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,158.70 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,195.92 ↑ +169%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,223.10 ↑ +175%
HORIZON SHP $1,319.18 ↑ +197%
HORIZON HMO $1,326.11 ↑ +198%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,340.65 ↑ +201%
HORIZON PPO $1,359.00 ↑ +206%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $321.61 $69.45 – $901.64
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