#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at Ocean University Medical Center

425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$12.01

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$143.00

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.

$6.67 with AETNA vs $55.03 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6.67 ↓ -44%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $8.95 ↓ -25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.00 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.01 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.01 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.61 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14.41 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.64 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $23.31 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24.65 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $25.43 ↑ +112%
HORIZON OMNIA $30.62 ↑ +155%
AETNA PPO $32.34 ↑ +169%
AETNA HMO $32.34 ↑ +169%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $32.90 ↑ +174%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $32.90 ↑ +174%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $32.90 ↑ +174%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $33.69 ↑ +181%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $35.25 ↑ +194%
QUALCARE PPO $36.33 ↑ +202%
HORIZON PIP $36.33 ↑ +202%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $36.33 ↑ +202%
HORIZON SHP $36.65 ↑ +205%
AETNA ASA $36.80 ↑ +206%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $37.60 ↑ +213%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $37.60 ↑ +213%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $37.60 ↑ +213%
HORIZON HMO $37.81 ↑ +215%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $38.26 ↑ +219%
HORIZON PPO $38.80 ↑ +223%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $39.95 ↑ +233%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $40.38 ↑ +236%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $45.74 ↑ +281%
CIGNA HMO $55.03 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $55.03 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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