Assay of fluoride at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$18.54
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.
$230.00
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.
$18.54 with CLOVER vs $223.84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.54 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.47 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $22.25 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $24.15 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.40 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $32.66 | ↑ +76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $38.05 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $43.82 | ↑ +136% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $84.96 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $84.96 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $114.08 | ↑ +515% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $124.43 | ↑ +571% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $149.82 | ↑ +708% |
| AETNA | HMO | $158.24 | ↑ +754% |
| AETNA | PPO | $158.24 | ↑ +754% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $161.00 | ↑ +768% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $161.00 | ↑ +768% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $161.00 | ↑ +768% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $164.86 | ↑ +789% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $172.50 | ↑ +830% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $177.79 | ↑ +859% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $177.79 | ↑ +859% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $177.79 | ↑ +859% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $179.33 | ↑ +867% |
| AETNA | ASA | $180.09 | ↑ +871% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $184.00 | ↑ +892% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $184.00 | ↑ +892% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $184.00 | ↑ +892% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $185.04 | ↑ +898% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $187.22 | ↑ +910% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $189.89 | ↑ +924% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $195.50 | ↑ +954% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $197.62 | ↑ +966% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $223.84 | ↑ +1107% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $18.54 | $18.54 – $84.96 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $18.54 | $14.83 – $83.25 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $18.54 | $18.54 – $87.25 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $18.54 | $14.83 – $84.96 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $18.54 | $18.54 – $84.96 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $18.54 | $18.54 – $84.96 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $18.54 | $18.54 – $84.96 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $18.54 | $18.54 – $84.96 |