Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$4,184.94
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.
$7,365.00
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.
$531.35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $531.35 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $995.99 | ↓ -76% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,115.00 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -72% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,262.52 | ↓ -70% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,360.72 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,137.00 | ↓ -25% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,511.00 | ↓ -16% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,829.28 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,829.28 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,829.28 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,829.28 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,829.28 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,829.28 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,020.74 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | PPO | $4,025.00 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | HMO | $4,025.00 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,025.00 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,184.94 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,568.92 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $5,021.93 | ↑ +20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,155.50 | ↑ +23% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $5,155.50 | ↑ +23% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $5,155.50 | ↑ +23% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,260.50 | ↑ +26% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5,421.82 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,449.88 | ↑ +30% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,468.82 | ↑ +31% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,642.76 | ↑ +35% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,709.40 | ↑ +36% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,790.76 | ↑ +38% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $5,892.00 | ↑ +41% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $5,892.00 | ↑ +41% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,961.90 | ↑ +42% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $6,026.43 | ↑ +44% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $6,172.32 | ↑ +47% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +49% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,826.02 | ↑ +63% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,183.00 | ↑ +96% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +137% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,334.00 | ↑ +147% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +155% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Bx/exc lymph node/open/superfic 38500 at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4,238.48 | $4,238.48 – $5,086.17 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $4,509.59 | $547.39 – $4,735.07 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $4,242.15 | $84.00 – $4,242.15 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $4,238.48 | $531.35 – $5,086.17 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $4,509.59 | $547.39 – $4,915.45 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $4,242.15 | $547.39 – $5,090.58 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $4,238.48 | $531.35 – $5,086.17 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $4,184.94 | $531.35 – $5,021.93 |