Acylcarnitines qual 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

$16.49

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.

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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.

$14.19 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $75.56 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.19 ↓ -14%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.49 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.49 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.49 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.49 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.49 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.49 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.49 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.49 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.49 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.31 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $19.79 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +30%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $33.85 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $33.85 ↑ +105%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $34.13 ↑ +107%
CIGNA HMO $75.56 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $75.56 ↑ +358%

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Acylcarnitines qual at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $16.49 $16.49 – $75.56
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.49 $11.67 – $74.05
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.49 $14.19 – $77.61
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $16.49 $13.19 – $75.56
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $16.49 $12.87 – $75.56
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $16.49 $16.49 – $75.56
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.49 $9.03 – $75.56
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $16.49 $16.49 – $75.56

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