V-exc/lip/w/pri linear closure 40520 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

$3,589.62

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.

$5,825.00

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.

$748.74 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 $748.74 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $966.95 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,048.50 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -67%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,345.58 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↓ -13%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,769.11 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,912.69 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,307.55 ↑ +20%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $4,368.75 ↑ +22%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,368.75 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PIP $4,438.65 ↑ +24%
QUALCARE PPO $4,526.03 ↑ +26%
AETNA ASA $4,560.98 ↑ +27%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,621.56 ↑ +29%
CIGNA BH $4,660.00 ↑ +30%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,951.25 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,951.25 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,088.72 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,126.00 ↑ +43%
HORIZON SHP $5,654.33 ↑ +58%
HORIZON HMO $5,684.04 ↑ +58%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,746.36 ↑ +60%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,763.26 ↑ +61%
HORIZON PPO $5,825.00 ↑ +62%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +74%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +112%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +183%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +184%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +184%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +307%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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V-exc/lip/w/pri linear closure 40520 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $261.24 – $7,088.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $167.33 – $7,276.94
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $171.36 – $7,053.14
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $165.31 – $7,240.56
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $268.93 – $7,276.94
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $181.44 – $7,600.27
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $330.62 – $7,143.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,589.62 $3,589.62 – $4,307.55

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