Screening Colonoscopy (high risk) 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

$1,009.14

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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$4,455.00

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.

$315.94 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 $315.94 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $739.53 ↓ -27%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $801.90 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,009.14 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,029.11 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,059.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,099.96 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,210.96 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↑ +28%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +211%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,341.25 ↑ +231%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,341.25 ↑ +231%
HORIZON PIP $3,394.71 ↑ +236%
QUALCARE PPO $3,461.54 ↑ +243%
AETNA ASA $3,488.27 ↑ +246%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↑ +248%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,534.60 ↑ +250%
CIGNA BH $3,564.00 ↑ +253%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,786.75 ↑ +275%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,786.75 ↑ +275%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,891.89 ↑ +286%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,920.40 ↑ +288%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,165.00 ↑ +313%
HORIZON SHP $4,324.47 ↑ +329%
HORIZON HMO $4,347.19 ↑ +331%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,394.86 ↑ +336%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,407.78 ↑ +337%
HORIZON PPO $4,455.00 ↑ +341%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,973.00 ↑ +393%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +520%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +907%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +911%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +911%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +1348%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Screening Colonoscopy (high risk) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,009.14 $1,009.14 – $1,210.96
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,073.68 $325.36 – $1,127.37
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $996.39 $315.94 – $1,195.67
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,010.01 $325.36 – $1,010.01
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,073.68 $325.36 – $1,170.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,010.01 $325.36 – $1,212.01
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,009.14 $315.94 – $1,210.96
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $996.39 $315.94 – $1,195.67

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