Biopsy of tear sac at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$2,549.65
Cash price 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.
$3,065.00
Gross charge 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.
$412.65 with AETNA vs $10,671.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $412.65 | ↓ -84% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $522.81 | ↓ -79% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $523.08 | ↓ -79% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $563.76 | ↓ -78% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $848.00 | ↓ -67% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -53% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,892.97 | ↓ -26% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,145.50 | ↓ -16% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,145.50 | ↓ -16% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,145.50 | ↓ -16% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,179.50 | ↓ -15% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,246.34 | ↓ -12% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↓ -12% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,257.96 | ↓ -11% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,265.81 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,275.40 | ↓ -11% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,332.96 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,332.96 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,332.96 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,332.96 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,332.96 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,332.96 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,337.88 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,365.48 | ↓ -7% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,399.19 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,449.61 | ↓ -4% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,452.00 | ↓ -4% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,452.00 | ↓ -4% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,470.10 | ↓ -3% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,496.84 | ↓ -2% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,519.00 | ↓ -1% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,549.65 | ↑ +0% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,557.28 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,828.12 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $3,059.57 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +145% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,183.00 | ↑ +221% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +230% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +230% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +290% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,334.00 | ↑ +305% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +319% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy of tear sac at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,582.26 | $2,582.26 – $3,098.71 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $2,747.43 | $539.96 – $2,884.81 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2,584.50 | $72.60 – $2,584.50 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $2,582.26 | $522.81 – $3,098.71 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $2,747.43 | $539.96 – $2,994.70 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $2,584.50 | $539.96 – $3,101.40 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $2,582.26 | $522.81 – $3,098.71 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $2,549.65 | $522.81 – $3,059.57 |