Kidney endoscopy & biopsy 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

$10,235.30

Cash price

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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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$11,092.00

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.

$687.94 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 $687.94 ↓ -93%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $983.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,841.27 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,996.56 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HMO $2,247.00 ↓ -78%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -75%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,562.25 ↓ -75%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -39%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,625.00 ↓ -26%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $8,319.00 ↓ -19%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8,319.00 ↓ -19%
HORIZON PIP $8,452.10 ↓ -17%
QUALCARE PPO $8,618.48 ↓ -16%
AETNA ASA $8,685.04 ↓ -15%
HORIZON OMNIA $8,800.39 ↓ -14%
CIGNA BH $8,873.60 ↓ -13%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $9,428.20 ↓ -8%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9,428.20 ↓ -8%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9,689.97 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,760.96 ↓ -5%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↓ -1%
AETNA HMO $10,202.00 ↓ -0%
AETNA PPO $10,202.00 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,235.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10,235.30 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,235.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,235.30 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10,235.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,747.07 ↑ +5%
HORIZON SHP $10,767.00 ↑ +5%
HORIZON HMO $10,823.57 ↑ +6%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10,942.26 ↑ +7%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10,974.42 ↑ +7%
HORIZON PPO $11,092.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,156.48 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $12,282.36 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $14,615.00 ↑ +43%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Kidney endoscopy & biopsy at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $209.62 – $20,212.06
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $253.08 – $20,749.12
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $259.18 – $20,111.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $250.03 – $20,645.37
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $215.79 – $20,749.12
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $271.27 – $21,671.10
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $500.07 – $20,368.25
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $10,235.30 $10,235.30 – $12,282.36

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