Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$436.64
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.
$1,285.00
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.
$0.01 with CIGNA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA | PPO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $95.47 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $182.47 | ↓ -58% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $231.30 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $249.29 | ↓ -43% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $419.51 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $436.64 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $523.97 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $837.05 | ↑ +92% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $899.50 | ↑ +106% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $899.50 | ↑ +106% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $899.50 | ↑ +106% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $963.75 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $993.31 | ↑ +127% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $998.45 | ↑ +129% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,001.91 | ↑ +129% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,006.16 | ↑ +130% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,028.00 | ↑ +135% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,028.00 | ↑ +135% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,033.78 | ↑ +137% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,045.99 | ↑ +140% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,060.90 | ↑ +143% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,092.25 | ↑ +150% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,104.07 | ↑ +153% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,130.80 | ↑ +159% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +172% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,250.56 | ↑ +186% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +261% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,810.00 | ↑ +544% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,454.00 | ↑ +691% |
| AETNA | PPO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +822% |
| AETNA | HMO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +822% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +1333% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +2175% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +2344% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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