Brain flow imaging only 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

$588.26

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.

$2,364.00

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.

$27.85 with AMERIHEALTH vs $2,127.60 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $27.85 ↓ -95%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $28.33 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $119.33 ↓ -80%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.23 ↓ -49%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $335.69 ↓ -43%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $425.52 ↓ -28%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $450.34 ↓ -23%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $458.62 ↓ -22%
AETNA PPO $467.58 ↓ -21%
AETNA HMO $467.58 ↓ -21%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $538.27 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $538.27 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $538.27 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $538.27 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $538.27 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $538.27 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $565.18 ↓ -4%
CIGNA HMO $582.06 ↓ -1%
CIGNA PPO $582.06 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $705.92 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,325.05 ↑ +125%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,325.05 ↑ +125%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,539.91 ↑ +162%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,654.80 ↑ +181%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,654.80 ↑ +181%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,654.80 ↑ +181%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,694.52 ↑ +188%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,773.00 ↑ +201%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,827.37 ↑ +211%
HORIZON PIP $1,827.37 ↑ +211%
QUALCARE HMO $1,827.37 ↑ +211%
QUALCARE PPO $1,827.37 ↑ +211%
HORIZON SHP $1,843.21 ↑ +213%
AETNA ASA $1,851.01 ↑ +215%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,891.20 ↑ +221%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,891.20 ↑ +221%
HORIZON HMO $1,901.84 ↑ +223%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,924.30 ↑ +227%
HORIZON PPO $1,951.72 ↑ +232%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,009.40 ↑ +242%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,127.60 ↑ +262%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Brain flow imaging only at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $27.85 – $1,325.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $633.90 $25.17 – $1,513.47
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $596.31 $24.90 – $1,403.35
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $595.79 $27.37 – $1,503.68
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $633.90 $27.77 – $1,325.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $596.31 $27.85 – $1,325.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $595.79 $23.70 – $1,325.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $588.26 $27.85 – $617.68

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →