Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,024.64
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.
$2,668.00
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.
$213.78 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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 | $213.78 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $378.86 | ↓ -63% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $480.24 | ↓ -53% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $517.59 | ↓ -49% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $937.56 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $937.56 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $937.56 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $937.56 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $937.56 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $937.56 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $984.44 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,024.64 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,229.57 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,327.92 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,475.76 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,571.45 | ↑ +53% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,586.93 | ↑ +55% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,754.48 | ↑ +71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,838.79 | ↑ +79% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,848.00 | ↑ +80% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,848.00 | ↑ +80% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,848.00 | ↑ +80% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,001.00 | ↑ +95% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,062.36 | ↑ +101% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,073.04 | ↑ +102% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,073.04 | ↑ +102% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,089.04 | ↑ +104% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,112.00 | ↑ +106% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,112.00 | ↑ +106% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,244.00 | ↑ +119% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↑ +119% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,292.35 | ↑ +124% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,347.84 | ↑ +129% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,367.29 | ↑ +131% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,367.29 | ↑ +131% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,388.94 | ↑ +133% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,401.20 | ↑ +134% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,596.50 | ↑ +153% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,347.00 | ↑ +519% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,307.00 | ↑ +613% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,840.00 | ↑ +665% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,920.00 | ↑ +673% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,045.00 | ↑ +685% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +890% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,037.75 | $1,037.75 – $1,245.30 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,104.13 | $202.64 – $1,159.33 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,038.65 | $220.05 – $1,038.65 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,037.75 | $213.78 – $1,245.30 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,104.13 | $220.05 – $1,203.50 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,038.65 | $220.05 – $1,246.38 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,037.75 | $213.78 – $1,245.30 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,024.64 | $213.78 – $1,229.57 |