Warde copper 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

$12.41

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.

$287.00

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.

$5.48 with AETNA vs $56.87 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 $5.48 ↓ -56%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.66 ↓ -38%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $9.93 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.41 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.41 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.41 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.41 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.41 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.53 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14.89 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.16 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $18.65 ↑ +50%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18.65 ↑ +50%
QUALCARE HMO $19.17 ↑ +54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $22.77 ↑ +83%
AETNA PPO $23.10 ↑ +86%
AETNA HMO $23.10 ↑ +86%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $23.85 ↑ +92%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $24.75 ↑ +99%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $24.75 ↑ +99%
HORIZON PIP $25.15 ↑ +103%
QUALCARE PPO $25.64 ↑ +107%
AETNA ASA $25.84 ↑ +108%
HORIZON OMNIA $26.18 ↑ +111%
CIGNA BH $26.40 ↑ +113%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $26.40 ↑ +113%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $27.24 ↑ +120%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $28.05 ↑ +126%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $28.05 ↑ +126%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $28.83 ↑ +132%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $29.04 ↑ +134%
HORIZON SHP $32.03 ↑ +158%
HORIZON HMO $32.20 ↑ +159%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $32.55 ↑ +162%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $32.65 ↑ +163%
HORIZON PPO $33.00 ↑ +166%
CIGNA PPO $56.87 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $56.87 ↑ +358%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $13.65 $5.83 – $58.43
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $13.65 $5.83 – $50.75
Community Medical Center Toms River $13.65 $5.83 – $50.75
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $13.65 $5.83 – $50.75
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $64.00 $9.93 – $10.23
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $13.65 $5.83 – $50.75
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $13.65 $5.83 – $50.75
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $13.65 $5.83 – $50.75

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