Mediastinoscpy w/medstnl bx 39401 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

$6,376.26

Cash price

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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.

$10,534.00

Gross charge

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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.

$624.17 with KARNA vs $19,834.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
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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 $624.17 ↓ -90%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,495.83 ↓ -77%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -75%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.12 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,043.60 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -63%
AETNA ASA $3,662.00 ↓ -43%
AETNA HMO $3,662.00 ↓ -43%
AETNA PPO $3,662.00 ↓ -43%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,834.36 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,834.36 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,834.36 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,834.36 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,834.36 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,834.36 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,126.08 ↓ -4%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -2%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,376.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,861.85 ↑ +8%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,373.80 ↑ +16%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $7,373.80 ↑ +16%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $7,373.80 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,651.51 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,900.50 ↑ +24%
HORIZON SHP $8,000.00 ↑ +25%
HORIZON PIP $8,142.78 ↑ +28%
QUALCARE PPO $8,184.92 ↑ +28%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $8,427.20 ↑ +32%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $8,427.20 ↑ +32%
HORIZON HMO $8,474.60 ↑ +33%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,574.68 ↑ +34%
HORIZON PPO $8,696.87 ↑ +36%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,953.90 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9,050.81 ↑ +42%
CIGNA HMO $9,178.00 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,269.92 ↑ +45%
CIGNA PPO $9,469.01 ↑ +49%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +56%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10,251.69 ↑ +61%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +67%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,604.00 ↑ +145%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,834.00 ↑ +211%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Mediastinoscpy w/medstnl bx 39401 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $153.57 – $12,752.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $285.06 – $13,091.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $291.92 – $12,688.76
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $281.62 – $13,025.92
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $158.09 – $13,091.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $198.74 – $13,673.07
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $563.24 – $12,851.06
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,457.82 $6,457.82 – $7,749.38

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