Brain image < 4 views at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$439.15
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.
$1,068.00
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.
$151.66 with AETNA vs $1,021.05 with OXFORD — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $151.66 | ↓ -65% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $192.24 | ↓ -56% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $203.45 | ↓ -54% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $207.19 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $215.07 | ↓ -51% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $266.54 | ↓ -39% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $271.15 | ↓ -38% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $311.49 | ↓ -29% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $401.83 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $401.83 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $401.83 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $401.83 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | 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% |
| AETNA | HMO | $476.58 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | PPO | $476.58 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $526.98 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $589.47 | ↑ +34% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $589.47 | ↑ +34% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $695.70 | ↑ +58% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $747.60 | ↑ +70% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $747.60 | ↑ +70% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $747.60 | ↑ +70% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $765.54 | ↑ +74% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $801.00 | ↑ +82% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $825.56 | ↑ +88% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $825.56 | ↑ +88% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $825.56 | ↑ +88% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $825.56 | ↑ +88% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $832.72 | ↑ +90% |
| AETNA | ASA | $836.24 | ↑ +90% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $854.40 | ↑ +95% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $854.40 | ↑ +95% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $859.21 | ↑ +96% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $869.35 | ↑ +98% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $881.74 | ↑ +101% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $907.80 | ↑ +107% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $961.20 | ↑ +119% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,021.05 | ↑ +133% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,021.05 | ↑ +133% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $444.77 | $215.07 – $1,021.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $473.22 | $98.12 – $1,166.24 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $445.16 | $238.34 – $1,081.39 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $444.77 | $215.07 – $1,158.70 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $473.22 | $108.24 – $1,021.05 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $445.16 | $148.50 – $1,021.05 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $444.77 | $92.40 – $1,021.05 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $439.15 | $215.07 – $589.47 |