Bone marrow imaging mult 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

$439.15

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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.

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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.

$237.65 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,021.05 with OXFORD — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $237.65 ↓ -46%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $315.36 ↓ -28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $322.23 ↓ -27%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $327.81 ↓ -25%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $401.83 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $401.83 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $421.92 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.15 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $526.98 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $539.44 ↑ +23%
AETNA HMO $539.44 ↑ +23%
CIGNA PPO $658.64 ↑ +50%
CIGNA HMO $658.64 ↑ +50%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $731.72 ↑ +67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +133%

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $237.65 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $122.65 – $1,166.24
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $445.16 $288.14 – $1,081.39
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $444.77 $237.65 – $1,158.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $473.22 $135.30 – $1,021.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $445.16 $185.63 – $1,021.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $444.77 $94.88 – $1,021.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $439.15 $237.65 – $1,021.05

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →