Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at Ocean University Medical Center

425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$768.94

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$1,544.00

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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.

$154.33 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.

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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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $154.33 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $219.25 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.92 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $299.54 ↓ -61%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $703.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $703.59 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $738.77 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $768.94 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $922.73 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,005.76 ↑ +31%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,080.80 ↑ +41%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,080.80 ↑ +41%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,080.80 ↑ +41%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,158.00 ↑ +51%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PIP $1,193.51 ↑ +55%
QUALCARE PPO $1,199.69 ↑ +56%
HORIZON SHP $1,203.86 ↑ +57%
AETNA ASA $1,208.95 ↑ +57%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,235.20 ↑ +61%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,235.20 ↑ +61%
HORIZON HMO $1,242.15 ↑ +62%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,256.82 ↑ +63%
HORIZON PPO $1,274.73 ↑ +66%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,312.40 ↑ +71%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,326.60 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,358.72 ↑ +77%
CIGNA PPO $1,397.17 ↑ +82%
CIGNA HMO $1,397.17 ↑ +82%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,502.62 ↑ +95%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↑ +105%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +423%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +423%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,090.00 ↑ +432%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,092.00 ↑ +562%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +714%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1192%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +1288%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $828.59 $158.40 – $870.02
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $779.45 $126.30 – $779.45
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $778.78 $154.33 – $934.53
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $828.59 $158.40 – $903.16
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $779.45 $158.40 – $935.34
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $778.78 $154.33 – $934.53
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $768.94 $154.33 – $922.73

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