Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$766.52
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.
$2,449.00
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 $14,615.00 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 | HMO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.10 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $406.53 | ↓ -47% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $440.82 | ↓ -42% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $565.72 | ↓ -26% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $766.52 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $766.52 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $766.52 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $766.52 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $766.52 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $804.85 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $835.51 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $919.83 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +55% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,827.00 | ↑ +138% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,836.75 | ↑ +140% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,836.75 | ↑ +140% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,866.14 | ↑ +143% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,902.87 | ↑ +148% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,917.57 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,943.04 | ↑ +153% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,959.20 | ↑ +156% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,081.65 | ↑ +172% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,081.65 | ↑ +172% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,139.45 | ↑ +179% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,155.12 | ↑ +181% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,377.24 | ↑ +210% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,389.73 | ↑ +212% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,415.94 | ↑ +215% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,423.04 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,449.00 | ↑ +219% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,165.00 | ↑ +443% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,973.00 | ↑ +549% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +716% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +1226% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +1231% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +1231% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +1807% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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