Ligation/biopsy of temporal artery 37609 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$1,793.38
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.
$3,018.00
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.
$421.63 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.
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 | $421.63 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $500.99 | ↓ -72% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $543.24 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $639.82 | ↓ -64% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $697.16 | ↓ -61% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $700.18 | ↓ -61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -34% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,293.00 | ↓ -28% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,793.38 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,793.38 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,793.38 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,793.38 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,883.05 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,152.05 | ↑ +20% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,263.50 | ↑ +26% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,263.50 | ↑ +26% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,299.72 | ↑ +28% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,344.99 | ↑ +31% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,363.09 | ↑ +32% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,394.48 | ↑ +34% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,414.40 | ↑ +35% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,565.30 | ↑ +43% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,565.30 | ↑ +43% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,636.52 | ↑ +47% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,655.84 | ↑ +48% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,929.57 | ↑ +63% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,944.96 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,977.26 | ↑ +66% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,986.01 | ↑ +67% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,018.00 | ↑ +68% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,135.00 | ↑ +75% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,509.00 | ↑ +96% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +249% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,345.00 | ↑ +254% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,625.00 | ↑ +325% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +467% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +469% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +469% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +715% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $160.23 – $3,541.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $119.52 – $3,635.56 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $122.40 – $3,523.75 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $118.08 – $3,617.38 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $164.94 – $3,635.56 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $129.60 – $3,797.10 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $236.16 – $3,568.83 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,793.38 | $1,793.38 – $2,152.05 |