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Blood Count (CBC) Test 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

$7.77

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.

$2,186.00

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.

$2.98 with AETNA vs $35.60 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.

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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2.98 ↓ -62%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.00 ↓ -49%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.50 ↓ -29%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.77 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.77 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.77 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.77 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.77 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.77 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.16 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9.32 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.12 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $10.42 ↑ +34%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.36 ↑ +46%
HORIZON OMNIA $13.68 ↑ +76%
AETNA PPO $14.45 ↑ +86%
AETNA HMO $14.45 ↑ +86%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $14.70 ↑ +89%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $14.70 ↑ +89%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $14.70 ↑ +89%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $15.05 ↑ +94%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15.75 ↑ +103%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15.95 ↑ +105%
HORIZON PIP $16.23 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $16.23 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE PPO $16.23 ↑ +109%
HORIZON SHP $16.37 ↑ +111%
AETNA ASA $16.44 ↑ +112%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $16.80 ↑ +116%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $16.80 ↑ +116%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $16.80 ↑ +116%
HORIZON HMO $16.89 ↑ +117%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $17.09 ↑ +120%
HORIZON PPO $17.34 ↑ +123%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $17.85 ↑ +130%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $18.04 ↑ +132%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $20.44 ↑ +163%
CIGNA PPO $35.60 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $35.60 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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