Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$668.98
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.
$1,192.00
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.
$115.33 with KARNA 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $115.33 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $169.26 | ↓ -75% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $214.56 | ↓ -68% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $231.25 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $612.13 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $612.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $612.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $612.13 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $612.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $612.13 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $642.74 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $668.98 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $776.47 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $802.78 | ↑ +20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $834.40 | ↑ +25% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $834.40 | ↑ +25% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $834.40 | ↑ +25% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $894.00 | ↑ +34% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $921.42 | ↑ +38% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $926.18 | ↑ +38% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $929.40 | ↑ +39% |
| AETNA | ASA | $933.34 | ↑ +40% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $953.60 | ↑ +43% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $953.60 | ↑ +43% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $958.96 | ↑ +43% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $970.29 | ↑ +45% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $984.12 | ↑ +47% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,013.20 | ↑ +51% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,024.17 | ↑ +53% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,048.96 | ↑ +57% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,078.64 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,078.64 | ↑ +61% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,160.05 | ↑ +73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +78% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +135% |
| AETNA | HMO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +502% |
| AETNA | PPO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +502% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,090.00 | ↑ +511% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,092.00 | ↑ +661% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +835% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +1385% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +1495% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $677.54 | $677.54 – $813.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $720.88 | $118.75 – $756.93 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $678.13 | $118.75 – $678.13 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $677.54 | $115.33 – $813.05 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $720.88 | $118.75 – $785.76 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $678.13 | $118.75 – $813.76 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $677.54 | $115.33 – $813.05 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $668.98 | $115.33 – $802.78 |