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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,770.73
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.
$6,490.00
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.
$309.48 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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 | $309.48 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $859.10 | ↓ -51% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,089.00 | ↓ -38% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,173.70 | ↓ -34% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,234.20 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,701.25 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,770.73 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,124.87 | ↑ +20% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $2,847.29 | ↑ +61% |
| OXFORD - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,264.47 | ↑ +84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,563.45 | ↑ +101% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,588.00 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,598.54 | ↑ +103% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,627.91 | ↑ +105% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,978.48 | ↑ +125% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,015.00 | ↑ +127% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,169.66 | ↑ +135% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,537.50 | ↑ +156% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $4,543.00 | ↑ +157% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $4,543.00 | ↑ +157% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,543.00 | ↑ +157% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,676.65 | ↑ +164% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,700.85 | ↑ +165% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,700.85 | ↑ +165% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,737.15 | ↑ +168% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,142.50 | ↑ +190% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $5,192.00 | ↑ +193% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $5,192.00 | ↑ +193% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,198.16 | ↑ +194% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,324.00 | ↑ +201% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,445.00 | ↑ +208% |
| AETNA | PPO | $5,819.58 | ↑ +229% |
| AETNA | HMO | $5,819.58 | ↑ +229% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,887.86 | ↑ +233% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,347.00 | ↑ +258% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,307.00 | ↑ +313% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,840.00 | ↑ +343% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,920.00 | ↑ +347% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,045.00 | ↑ +354% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +473% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,793.38 | $992.20 – $5,445.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,908.09 | $317.78 – $5,841.00 |