Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$4,084.48
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.
$6,461.00
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.
$361.68 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 | $361.68 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $859.31 | ↓ -79% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,162.98 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -71% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,337.43 | ↓ -67% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,241.00 | ↓ -45% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,981.00 | ↓ -27% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,154.84 | ↓ -23% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,336.00 | ↓ -18% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,525.08 | ↓ -14% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,084.48 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,084.48 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,084.48 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4,084.48 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,288.70 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,370.39 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,452.08 | ↑ +9% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,845.75 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,901.37 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,936.20 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,058.96 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,168.80 | ↑ +27% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +31% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,491.85 | ↑ +34% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,685.68 | ↑ +39% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $5,685.68 | ↑ +39% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6,028.11 | ↑ +48% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,058.00 | ↑ +48% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,086.26 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,170.26 | ↑ +51% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,241.33 | ↑ +53% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +57% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,579.00 | ↑ +86% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +106% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +143% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4,080.94 | $4,080.94 – $4,897.13 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $4,341.97 | $361.68 – $4,559.07 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $4,029.39 | $351.89 – $4,835.27 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $4,084.48 | $325.16 – $4,084.48 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $4,080.94 | $351.89 – $4,897.13 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $4,341.97 | $361.68 – $4,732.75 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $4,080.94 | $351.89 – $4,897.13 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $4,029.39 | $351.89 – $4,835.27 |