Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$97.46

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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$685.00

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.

$97.46 with WELLCARE vs $685.00 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
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $97.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.23 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $113.71 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $115.03 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $116.95 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.30 ↑ +27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $158.24 ↑ +62%
AETNA PPO $173.39 ↑ +78%
AETNA HMO $173.39 ↑ +78%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $201.34 ↑ +107%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $204.82 ↑ +110%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $248.57 ↑ +155%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $248.57 ↑ +155%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $249.64 ↑ +156%
CIGNA PPO $388.80 ↑ +299%
CIGNA HMO $388.80 ↑ +299%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $494.98 ↑ +408%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $513.75 ↑ +427%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $513.75 ↑ +427%
HORIZON PIP $521.97 ↑ +436%
QUALCARE PPO $532.25 ↑ +446%
QUALCARE HMO $532.25 ↑ +446%
AETNA ASA $536.36 ↑ +450%
HORIZON OMNIA $543.48 ↑ +458%
CIGNA BH $548.00 ↑ +462%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $582.25 ↑ +497%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $582.25 ↑ +497%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $602.80 ↑ +519%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $616.50 ↑ +533%
HORIZON SHP $664.93 ↑ +582%
HORIZON HMO $668.42 ↑ +586%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $675.75 ↑ +593%
HORIZON PPO $685.00 ↑ +603%
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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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $198.21 $63.96 – $525.85
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $211.68 $60.68 – $525.85
Community Medical Center Toms River $219.01 $60.68 – $525.85
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $154.14 $60.68 – $525.85
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $208.09 $60.68 – $525.85
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $219.43 $60.68 – $525.85
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $231.05 $60.68 – $525.85
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $388.80

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