Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$684.33
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.
$2,012.00
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.
$178.13 with KARNA vs $12,082.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.13 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $333.99 | ↓ -51% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $362.16 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $464.77 | ↓ -32% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $684.33 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $684.33 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $684.33 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $684.33 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $684.33 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $718.54 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $745.92 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $821.19 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,185.07 | ↑ +73% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,370.98 | ↑ +100% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,388.08 | ↑ +103% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,509.00 | ↑ +121% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,509.00 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,533.14 | ↑ +124% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,563.32 | ↑ +128% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,563.32 | ↑ +128% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,575.40 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,609.60 | ↑ +135% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,709.60 | ↑ +150% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,710.20 | ↑ +150% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,710.20 | ↑ +150% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,757.68 | ↑ +157% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,770.56 | ↑ +159% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,810.80 | ↑ +165% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,810.80 | ↑ +165% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,810.80 | ↑ +165% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,990.67 | ↑ +191% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,247.00 | ↑ +228% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,518.00 | ↑ +268% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $9,533.00 | ↑ +1293% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +1383% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $10,970.00 | ↑ +1503% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $11,776.00 | ↑ +1621% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $11,886.00 | ↑ +1637% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $12,082.00 | ↑ +1666% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $684.33 | $684.33 – $821.19 |
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