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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$116.22
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.
$1,020.00
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.
$106.34 with AMERIGROUP vs $896.40 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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| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -9% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $106.34 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $106.34 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $106.67 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $111.66 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $116.22 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $139.46 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $141.43 | ↑ +22% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.67 | ↑ +37% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $165.09 | ↑ +42% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $167.95 | ↑ +45% |
| AETNA | PPO | $175.50 | ↑ +51% |
| AETNA | HMO | $175.50 | ↑ +51% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $179.28 | ↑ +54% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $193.22 | ↑ +66% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $194.31 | ↑ +67% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $225.77 | ↑ +94% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $225.77 | ↑ +94% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +154% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +154% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $648.79 | ↑ +458% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $713.93 | ↑ +514% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $714.00 | ↑ +514% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $714.00 | ↑ +514% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $714.00 | ↑ +514% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $747.00 | ↑ +543% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $769.91 | ↑ +562% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $773.89 | ↑ +566% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $773.89 | ↑ +566% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $776.58 | ↑ +568% |
| AETNA | ASA | $779.87 | ↑ +571% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $788.46 | ↑ +578% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $801.28 | ↑ +589% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $810.74 | ↑ +598% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $816.00 | ↑ +602% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $816.00 | ↑ +602% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $822.30 | ↑ +608% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $846.60 | ↑ +628% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $896.40 | ↑ +671% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $106.67 – $896.40 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $65.41 – $918.00 |