Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 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.
$6,028.00
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.
$384.02 with KARNA vs $13,893.00 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 | $384.02 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $801.72 | ↓ -80% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,085.04 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -71% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,247.80 | ↓ -69% |
| 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 | $4,521.00 | ↑ +11% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,605.39 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,719.92 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA | BH | $4,822.40 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,901.37 | ↑ +20% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,123.80 | ↑ +25% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,304.64 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $5,304.64 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +31% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,624.12 | ↑ +38% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,678.38 | ↑ +39% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,756.74 | ↑ +41% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,823.05 | ↑ +43% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +57% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +62% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +106% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +106% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +143% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $11,028.00 | ↑ +170% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $13,893.00 | ↑ +240% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 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 | $384.02 – $4,559.07 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $4,029.39 | $373.77 – $4,835.27 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $4,084.48 | $384.02 – $4,084.48 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $4,080.94 | $373.77 – $4,897.13 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $4,341.97 | $384.02 – $4,732.75 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $4,080.94 | $373.77 – $4,897.13 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $4,029.39 | $373.77 – $4,835.27 |