Biopsy of hip joint at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$1,771.43
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.
$6,371.00
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.
$1,057.59 with AETNA 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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,057.59 | ↓ -40% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,146.78 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -33% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,228.75 | ↓ -31% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,471.70 | ↓ -17% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,482.00 | ↓ -16% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,860.00 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,930.86 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,125.72 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,586.00 | ↑ +102% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,013.00 | ↑ +127% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,778.25 | ↑ +170% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,778.25 | ↑ +170% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,854.70 | ↑ +174% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,950.27 | ↑ +179% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,988.49 | ↑ +182% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $5,054.75 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,096.80 | ↑ +188% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,415.35 | ↑ +206% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,415.35 | ↑ +206% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,565.71 | ↑ +214% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,606.48 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6,184.33 | ↑ +249% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,216.82 | ↑ +251% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +253% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,284.99 | ↑ +255% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,303.47 | ↑ +256% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,371.00 | ↑ +260% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,522.00 | ↑ +381% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +474% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +476% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +476% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,276.00 | ↑ +480% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +725% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy of hip joint at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,771.43 | $1,771.43 – $2,125.72 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,884.74 | $1,272.91 – $1,978.98 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,749.06 | $1,228.75 – $2,098.87 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,772.97 | $798.00 – $1,772.97 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,884.74 | $1,272.91 – $2,054.37 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,772.97 | $1,272.91 – $2,127.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,771.43 | $1,228.75 – $2,125.72 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,749.06 | $1,228.75 – $2,098.87 |