Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$778.78
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.
$3,300.00
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.
$147.64 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 | $147.64 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $547.80 | ↓ -30% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $594.00 | ↓ -24% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $762.30 | ↓ -2% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $778.78 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $778.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $778.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $778.78 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $778.78 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $817.71 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $848.87 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $934.53 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,943.70 | ↑ +150% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,247.00 | ↑ +189% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,248.62 | ↑ +189% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,276.67 | ↑ +192% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,475.00 | ↑ +218% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,475.00 | ↑ +218% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,514.60 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,518.00 | ↑ +223% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,564.10 | ↑ +229% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,564.10 | ↑ +229% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,583.90 | ↑ +232% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,640.00 | ↑ +239% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,804.01 | ↑ +260% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,805.00 | ↑ +260% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,805.00 | ↑ +260% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,882.88 | ↑ +270% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,904.00 | ↑ +273% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,970.00 | ↑ +281% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,970.00 | ↑ +281% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,970.00 | ↑ +281% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,265.02 | ↑ +319% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $9,533.00 | ↑ +1124% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +1203% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $10,970.00 | ↑ +1309% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $11,776.00 | ↑ +1412% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $11,886.00 | ↑ +1426% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $12,082.00 | ↑ +1451% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $778.78 | $778.78 – $934.53 |
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| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $828.59 | $151.62 – $903.16 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $779.45 | $151.62 – $935.34 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $778.78 | $147.64 – $934.53 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $768.94 | $147.64 – $922.73 |