Antigen therapy services 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

$50.43

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.

$221.00

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.

$4.94 with KARNA vs $546.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.94 ↓ -90%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $31.38 ↓ -38%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.78 ↓ -21%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.87 ↓ -15%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.14 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $46.14 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.14 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.14 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.14 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $46.14 ↓ -9%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.45 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.43 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $60.51 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $130.17 ↑ +158%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $131.45 ↑ +161%
HORIZON OMNIA $143.96 ↑ +185%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $154.70 ↑ +207%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $154.70 ↑ +207%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $154.70 ↑ +207%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $158.41 ↑ +214%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $165.75 ↑ +229%
HORIZON PIP $170.83 ↑ +239%
QUALCARE HMO $171.72 ↑ +241%
QUALCARE PPO $171.72 ↑ +241%
HORIZON SHP $172.31 ↑ +242%
AETNA ASA $173.04 ↑ +243%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $176.80 ↑ +251%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $176.80 ↑ +251%
HORIZON HMO $177.79 ↑ +253%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $179.89 ↑ +257%
HORIZON PPO $182.46 ↑ +262%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $187.85 ↑ +272%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $189.88 ↑ +277%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $194.48 ↑ +286%
AETNA PPO $198.17 ↑ +293%
AETNA HMO $198.17 ↑ +293%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $198.90 ↑ +294%
CIGNA PPO $211.34 ↑ +319%
CIGNA HMO $211.34 ↑ +319%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $215.08 ↑ +326%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $391.00 ↑ +675%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $546.00 ↑ +983%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Antigen therapy services at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $51.07 $51.07 – $391.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $54.34 $5.06 – $540.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $51.11 $5.06 – $641.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $51.07 $4.94 – $411.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $54.34 $5.06 – $803.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $51.11 $5.06 – $387.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $51.07 $4.94 – $396.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $50.43 $4.94 – $393.00

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