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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$729.46
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.
$5,170.00
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.
$162.97 with KARNA vs $15,984.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 | $162.97 | ↓ -78% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $667.47 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $667.47 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $667.47 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $667.47 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $667.47 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $667.47 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $700.84 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $729.46 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $734.14 | ↑ +1% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $848.00 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $875.36 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $875.91 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.60 | ↑ +28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +63% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↑ +208% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,519.00 | ↑ +245% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,851.80 | ↑ +291% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,851.80 | ↑ +291% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,851.80 | ↑ +291% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,055.50 | ↑ +319% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,259.20 | ↑ +347% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,259.20 | ↑ +347% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,367.74 | ↑ +362% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,462.90 | ↑ +375% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,662.00 | ↑ +402% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,662.00 | ↑ +402% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,662.00 | ↑ +402% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,996.41 | ↑ +448% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,017.09 | ↑ +451% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,031.05 | ↑ +453% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,090.00 | ↑ +461% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,159.27 | ↑ +470% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,208.38 | ↑ +477% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,268.35 | ↑ +485% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,442.06 | ↑ +509% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,549.60 | ↑ +524% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,031.44 | ↑ +590% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,092.00 | ↑ +598% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +758% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +1363% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,984.00 | ↑ +2091% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $738.80 | $738.80 – $15,984.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $786.05 | $167.49 – $3,666.60 |