Urinalysis (with microscopy) 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

$3.17

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.

$2.54 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $107.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $2.54 ↓ -20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.17 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.17 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3.17 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.17 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.46 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3.80 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.13 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.96 ↑ +120%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7.08 ↑ +123%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7.08 ↑ +123%
CIGNA PPO $14.53 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $14.53 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $17.76 ↑ +460%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.82 ↑ +683%
QUALCARE HMO $62.17 ↑ +1861%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $73.82 ↑ +2229%
AETNA PPO $74.90 ↑ +2263%
AETNA HMO $74.90 ↑ +2263%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $77.32 ↑ +2339%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $80.25 ↑ +2432%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $80.25 ↑ +2432%
HORIZON PIP $81.53 ↑ +2472%
QUALCARE PPO $83.14 ↑ +2523%
AETNA ASA $83.78 ↑ +2543%
HORIZON OMNIA $84.89 ↑ +2578%
CIGNA BH $85.60 ↑ +2600%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $85.60 ↑ +2600%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +2769%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +2769%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $93.48 ↑ +2849%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $94.16 ↑ +2870%
HORIZON SHP $103.86 ↑ +3176%
HORIZON HMO $104.41 ↑ +3194%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $105.56 ↑ +3230%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $105.87 ↑ +3240%
HORIZON PPO $107.00 ↑ +3275%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Urinalysis (with microscopy) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $42.80 $15.52 – $60.13
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $3.49 $1.49 – $13.39
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $3.49 $1.49 – $13.36
Community Medical Center Toms River $3.49 $1.49 – $13.36
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3.49 $1.49 – $13.36
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $23.50 $2.54 – $2.62
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $3.49 $1.49 – $13.36
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $3.49 $1.49 – $13.36

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