Synthetic sentence id test 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

$43.44

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.

$107.00

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.

$17.76 with AETNA vs $502.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $17.76 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.26 ↓ -56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $24.72 ↓ -43%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $43.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $43.44 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.62 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $52.13 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $63.02 ↑ +45%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $72.91 ↑ +68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.37 ↑ +69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $73.82 ↑ +70%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $77.32 ↑ +78%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $80.25 ↑ +85%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $80.25 ↑ +85%
HORIZON PIP $81.53 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE HMO $83.14 ↑ +91%
QUALCARE PPO $83.14 ↑ +91%
AETNA ASA $83.78 ↑ +93%
HORIZON OMNIA $84.89 ↑ +95%
CIGNA BH $85.60 ↑ +97%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +109%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $94.16 ↑ +117%
AETNA HMO $96.30 ↑ +122%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $96.30 ↑ +122%
AETNA PPO $96.30 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HMO $102.32 ↑ +136%
CIGNA PPO $102.32 ↑ +136%
HORIZON SHP $103.86 ↑ +139%
HORIZON HMO $104.41 ↑ +140%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $105.56 ↑ +143%
HORIZON PPO $107.00 ↑ +146%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $328.00 ↑ +655%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $443.00 ↑ +920%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $502.00 ↑ +1056%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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