Acute hepatitis panel at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$47.63
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.
$660.00
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.
$33.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $642.31 with AMERIHEALTH — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $33.00 | ↓ -31% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.63 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $50.01 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $57.16 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.04 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $93.72 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $97.76 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $125.73 | ↑ +164% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $218.26 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $218.26 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $327.36 | ↑ +587% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $357.06 | ↑ +650% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $429.92 | ↑ +803% |
| AETNA | HMO | $454.08 | ↑ +853% |
| AETNA | PPO | $454.08 | ↑ +853% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $462.00 | ↑ +870% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $462.00 | ↑ +870% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $462.00 | ↑ +870% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $473.09 | ↑ +893% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $495.00 | ↑ +939% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $510.18 | ↑ +971% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $510.18 | ↑ +971% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $510.18 | ↑ +971% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $514.60 | ↑ +980% |
| AETNA | ASA | $516.78 | ↑ +985% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $528.00 | ↑ +1009% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $528.00 | ↑ +1009% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $528.00 | ↑ +1009% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $530.97 | ↑ +1015% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $537.24 | ↑ +1028% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $544.90 | ↑ +1044% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $561.00 | ↑ +1078% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $567.07 | ↑ +1091% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $642.31 | ↑ +1249% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Acute hepatitis panel at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $264.00 | $95.70 – $95.70 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $47.63 | $47.63 – $218.26 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $47.63 | $38.10 – $213.88 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $47.63 | $33.00 – $224.16 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $47.63 | $38.10 – $218.26 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $47.63 | $47.63 – $218.26 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $47.63 | $47.63 – $218.26 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $47.63 | $37.95 – $218.26 |