Bartonella dna pcr-sendout 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

$35.09

Cash price

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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.

$295.00

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.

$33.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $287.09 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.

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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 $33.00 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $35.09 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $35.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35.09 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.09 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $41.89 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $42.11 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.70 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $56.20 ↑ +60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $72.02 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $146.32 ↑ +317%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $159.60 ↑ +355%
CIGNA HMO $160.79 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $160.79 ↑ +358%
HORIZON OMNIA $192.16 ↑ +448%
AETNA HMO $202.96 ↑ +478%
AETNA PPO $202.96 ↑ +478%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $206.50 ↑ +488%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $206.50 ↑ +488%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $206.50 ↑ +488%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $211.46 ↑ +503%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $221.25 ↑ +531%
QUALCARE PPO $228.04 ↑ +550%
HORIZON PIP $228.04 ↑ +550%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $228.04 ↑ +550%
HORIZON SHP $230.01 ↑ +555%
AETNA ASA $230.99 ↑ +558%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $236.00 ↑ +573%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $236.00 ↑ +573%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $236.00 ↑ +573%
HORIZON HMO $237.33 ↑ +576%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $240.13 ↑ +584%
HORIZON PPO $243.55 ↑ +594%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $250.75 ↑ +615%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $253.46 ↑ +622%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $287.09 ↑ +718%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $35.09 $35.09 – $160.79
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $35.09 $28.07 – $157.57
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $35.09 $33.00 – $165.14
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $35.09 $28.07 – $160.79
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $35.09 $32.60 – $160.79
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $35.09 $35.09 – $160.79
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $35.09 $22.86 – $160.79
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $35.09 $35.09 – $160.79

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