Bronchial brush biopsy at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$430.18
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.
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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.
$219.49 with KARNA vs $516.21 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $219.49 | ↓ -49% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $451.69 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $460.29 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $468.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $516.21 | ↑ +20% |
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Bronchial brush biopsy at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $429.80 | $429.80 – $515.77 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $457.30 | $219.49 – $480.16 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $424.38 | $213.35 – $800.06 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $430.18 | $55.66 – $800.06 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $429.80 | $213.35 – $515.77 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $457.30 | $219.49 – $498.45 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $429.80 | $213.35 – $515.77 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $424.38 | $213.35 – $509.25 |