Aluminum - quest at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$25.48
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.
$87.00
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.
$9.94 with AETNA vs $116.76 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $9.94 | ↓ -61% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $13.34 | ↓ -48% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.48 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.75 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $30.58 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $30.99 | ↑ +22% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $33.19 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $34.72 | ↑ +36% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $37.87 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $45.60 | ↑ +79% |
| AETNA | PPO | $48.16 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | HMO | $48.16 | ↑ +89% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $49.00 | ↑ +92% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $49.00 | ↑ +92% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $49.00 | ↑ +92% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $50.18 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $52.30 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $52.50 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $54.11 | ↑ +112% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $54.11 | ↑ +112% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $54.11 | ↑ +112% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $54.58 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA | ASA | $54.81 | ↑ +115% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $56.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $56.00 | ↑ +120% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $56.00 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $56.32 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $56.98 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $57.79 | ↑ +127% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $59.50 | ↑ +134% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $60.14 | ↑ +136% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $68.12 | ↑ +167% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $116.76 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $116.76 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Aluminum - quest at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $25.48 | $25.48 – $116.76 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $25.48 | $20.38 – $114.42 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $25.48 | $25.48 – $119.91 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $25.48 | $20.38 – $116.76 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $25.48 | $25.48 – $116.76 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $25.48 | $25.48 – $116.76 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $25.48 | $25.48 – $116.76 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $25.48 | $25.48 – $116.76 |