Brain MRI (with contrast) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$390.30
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.
$4,620.00
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.
$357.13 with HORIZON vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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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| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $374.99 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $390.30 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $468.36 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $510.60 | ↑ +31% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $602.55 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $602.55 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | PPO | $647.37 | ↑ +66% |
| AETNA | HMO | $647.37 | ↑ +66% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +67% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $656.04 | ↑ +68% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $831.60 | ↑ +113% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $880.11 | ↑ +125% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $895.45 | ↑ +129% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $895.45 | ↑ +129% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $896.28 | ↑ +130% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +144% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,094.00 | ↑ +180% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,112.92 | ↑ +185% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +434% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,159.44 | ↑ +453% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,009.47 | ↑ +671% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,187.80 | ↑ +717% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $3,234.00 | ↑ +729% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $3,234.00 | ↑ +729% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,311.62 | ↑ +748% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,571.26 | ↑ +815% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,571.26 | ↑ +815% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,602.21 | ↑ +823% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,617.46 | ↑ +827% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,696.00 | ↑ +847% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,696.00 | ↑ +847% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,716.79 | ↑ +852% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,760.68 | ↑ +864% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,814.27 | ↑ +877% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,927.00 | ↑ +906% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +1010% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $678.53 | $144.46 – $1,037.77 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $766.01 | $400.67 – $2,072.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $749.75 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $719.02 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $1,728.00 | $352.00 – $352.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $753.00 | $148.71 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $751.19 | $186.95 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $790.96 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |