Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$326.73
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.
$1,980.00
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 | $120.62 | ↓ -63% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $326.73 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $328.68 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $343.07 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $356.14 | ↑ +9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $356.40 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $392.08 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $457.38 | ↑ +40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +264% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,485.00 | ↑ +355% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,485.00 | ↑ +355% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,508.76 | ↑ +362% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,538.46 | ↑ +371% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,550.34 | ↑ +375% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,570.93 | ↑ +381% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,584.00 | ↑ +385% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,683.00 | ↑ +415% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,683.00 | ↑ +415% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,729.73 | ↑ +429% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,742.40 | ↑ +433% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,827.00 | ↑ +459% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,921.99 | ↑ +488% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,932.08 | ↑ +491% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,953.27 | ↑ +498% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,959.01 | ↑ +500% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,980.00 | ↑ +506% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,805.00 | ↑ +759% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,315.00 | ↑ +915% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +1815% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +3011% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +3022% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +3022% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +4373% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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