Blood smear interpretation at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
not published by hospital
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.
$68.00
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.
$8.80 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $66.18 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 |
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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.80 | — |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $9.66 | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $12.95 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $13.19 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $13.87 | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $33.73 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $36.79 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.74 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $44.30 | — |
| AETNA | PPO | $46.78 | — |
| AETNA | HMO | $46.78 | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $47.60 | — |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $47.60 | — |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $47.60 | — |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $48.74 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $50.84 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $51.00 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $52.56 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $52.56 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $52.56 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $53.02 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $53.24 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $54.40 | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $54.40 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $54.40 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $54.71 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $55.35 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $56.14 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.80 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $58.43 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $65.03 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $65.03 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $66.18 | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Blood smear interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | $42.43 – $50.84 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | not published | $11.89 – $276.82 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | not published | $8.80 – $54.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | not published | $41.74 – $42.43 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | not published | $13.12 – $104.48 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | not published | $42.43 – $50.84 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | not published | $9.20 – $50.84 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | not published | $41.74 – $42.43 |