Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$675.68
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.
$2,012.00
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.
$178.13 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.13 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $285.70 | ↓ -58% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $362.16 | ↓ -46% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $390.33 | ↓ -42% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $649.17 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $675.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $810.82 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,012.04 | ↑ +50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,124.71 | ↑ +66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,185.07 | ↑ +75% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,196.74 | ↑ +77% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,323.09 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,386.67 | ↑ +105% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,408.40 | ↑ +108% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,408.40 | ↑ +108% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,408.40 | ↑ +108% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,509.00 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,555.28 | ↑ +130% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,563.32 | ↑ +131% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,563.32 | ↑ +131% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,575.40 | ↑ +133% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,609.60 | ↑ +138% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,609.60 | ↑ +138% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,710.20 | ↑ +153% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,728.71 | ↑ +156% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,770.56 | ↑ +162% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,804.16 | ↑ +167% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,804.16 | ↑ +167% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,810.80 | ↑ +168% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,820.66 | ↑ +169% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,820.66 | ↑ +169% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,958.08 | ↑ +190% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,347.00 | ↑ +839% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,307.00 | ↑ +981% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,840.00 | ↑ +1060% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,920.00 | ↑ +1072% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,045.00 | ↑ +1091% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +1402% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $684.33 | $684.33 – $821.19 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $728.10 | $182.67 – $764.51 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $684.92 | $182.67 – $684.92 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $684.33 | $178.13 – $821.19 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $728.10 | $182.67 – $793.63 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $684.92 | $182.67 – $827.80 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $684.33 | $178.13 – $821.19 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $675.68 | $178.13 – $810.82 |