Vitamin b-12 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

$15.08

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.

$160.00

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.

$12.06 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $160.00 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 $12.06 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.08 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.08 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $15.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.08 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $15.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.83 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.44 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $18.10 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.64 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $26.56 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33.09 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $33.70 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $33.70 ↑ +123%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.12 ↑ +146%
CIGNA HMO $69.10 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $69.10 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $92.96 ↑ +516%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $110.38 ↑ +632%
AETNA PPO $112.00 ↑ +643%
AETNA HMO $112.00 ↑ +643%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $115.62 ↑ +667%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $120.00 ↑ +696%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $120.00 ↑ +696%
HORIZON PIP $121.92 ↑ +708%
QUALCARE PPO $124.32 ↑ +724%
AETNA ASA $125.28 ↑ +731%
HORIZON OMNIA $126.94 ↑ +742%
CIGNA BH $128.00 ↑ +749%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $128.00 ↑ +749%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $136.00 ↑ +802%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $136.00 ↑ +802%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $139.78 ↑ +827%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $140.80 ↑ +834%
HORIZON SHP $155.31 ↑ +930%
HORIZON HMO $156.13 ↑ +935%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $157.84 ↑ +947%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $158.30 ↑ +950%
HORIZON PPO $160.00 ↑ +961%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $64.00 $23.20 – $23.20
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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Community Medical Center Toms River $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $16.59 $7.09 – $61.42

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