Dx bronchoscope/brush 31623 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center

1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$1,908.75

Cash price

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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.

$4,205.00

Gross charge

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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.

$264.59 with KARNA 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.59 ↓ -86%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $698.03 ↓ -63%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $756.90 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $971.36 ↓ -49%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -38%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,293.00 ↓ -32%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.75 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,908.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,908.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,004.18 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,080.53 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,290.50 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $3,135.00 ↑ +64%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,153.75 ↑ +65%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,153.75 ↑ +65%
HORIZON PIP $3,204.21 ↑ +68%
QUALCARE PPO $3,267.29 ↑ +71%
AETNA ASA $3,292.52 ↑ +72%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,336.25 ↑ +75%
CIGNA BH $3,364.00 ↑ +76%
CIGNA PPO $3,509.00 ↑ +84%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,574.25 ↑ +87%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,574.25 ↑ +87%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,673.49 ↑ +92%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,700.40 ↑ +94%
HORIZON SHP $4,081.79 ↑ +114%
HORIZON HMO $4,103.24 ↑ +115%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,148.23 ↑ +117%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,160.43 ↑ +118%
HORIZON PPO $4,205.00 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +228%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +232%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↑ +299%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +432%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↑ +434%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↑ +434%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +666%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Dx bronchoscope/brush 31623 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,908.75 $1,908.75 – $2,290.50
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,030.84 $272.07 – $2,132.38
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,884.64 $264.59 – $2,261.57
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,910.40 $226.00 – $1,910.40
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,030.84 $272.07 – $2,213.61
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,910.40 $272.07 – $2,292.48
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,908.75 $264.59 – $2,290.50
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,884.64 $264.59 – $2,261.57

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