Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$18.68

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.

$298.00

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.

$9.63 with AETNA vs $85.60 with CIGNA — 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 $9.63 ↓ -48%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.46 ↓ -28%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $14.94 ↓ -20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.68 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.68 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.68 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.68 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.68 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.36 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $22.42 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.33 ↑ +30%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $32.77 ↑ +75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $32.77 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE HMO $33.70 ↑ +80%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $40.01 ↑ +114%
AETNA PPO $40.60 ↑ +117%
AETNA HMO $40.60 ↑ +117%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $41.02 ↑ +120%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $41.91 ↑ +124%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +133%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +133%
HORIZON PIP $44.20 ↑ +137%
QUALCARE PPO $45.07 ↑ +141%
AETNA ASA $45.41 ↑ +143%
HORIZON OMNIA $46.02 ↑ +146%
CIGNA BH $46.40 ↑ +148%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $46.40 ↑ +148%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +164%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +164%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $50.67 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $51.04 ↑ +173%
HORIZON SHP $56.30 ↑ +201%
HORIZON HMO $56.60 ↑ +203%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $57.22 ↑ +206%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.39 ↑ +207%
HORIZON PPO $58.00 ↑ +210%
CIGNA PPO $85.60 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $85.60 ↑ +358%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11
Community Medical Center Toms River $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $51.50 $14.94 – $15.39
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $20.55 $8.78 – $76.11

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