Ligation/biopsy of temporal artery 37609 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.
$6,596.00
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.
$421.63 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 |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $421.63 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $621.71 | ↓ -65% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $648.87 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $936.63 | ↓ -47% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,115.00 | ↓ -37% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,187.28 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -33% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,701.25 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,770.73 | ↑ +0% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,112.60 | ↑ +19% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,112.60 | ↑ +19% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,112.60 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,124.87 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,263.50 | ↑ +28% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,414.40 | ↑ +36% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,414.40 | ↑ +36% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,565.30 | ↑ +45% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,730.99 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,730.99 | ↑ +54% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $2,847.29 | ↑ +61% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,296.63 | ↑ +143% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5,098.71 | ↑ +188% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,125.09 | ↑ +189% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,142.90 | ↑ +190% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,164.67 | ↑ +192% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,306.48 | ↑ +200% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,369.14 | ↑ +203% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,445.66 | ↑ +208% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,667.28 | ↑ +220% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,804.48 | ↑ +228% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,137.00 | ↑ +247% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +253% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,419.23 | ↑ +263% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,714.00 | ↑ +336% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +375% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +375% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +461% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +503% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $160.23 – $3,541.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $119.52 – $3,635.56 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $122.40 – $3,523.75 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $118.08 – $3,617.38 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $164.94 – $3,635.56 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $129.60 – $3,797.10 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $236.16 – $3,568.83 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,793.38 | $1,793.38 – $2,152.05 |