Laryngoscopy for treatment at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$4,029.39
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.
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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.
$399.73 with KARNA vs $5,673.17 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 | $399.73 | ↓ -90% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,686.95 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,686.95 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,686.95 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,686.95 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,686.95 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,686.95 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,871.30 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,029.39 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,835.27 | ↑ +20% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $5,673.17 | ↑ +41% |
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Laryngoscopy for treatment at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $98.35 – $8,058.78 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $148.14 – $8,272.92 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $151.71 – $8,018.49 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $146.35 – $8,231.56 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $101.24 – $8,272.92 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $127.27 – $8,640.52 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $292.71 – $8,121.07 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4,080.94 | $4,080.94 – $4,897.13 |