Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$58.39
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.
$578.00
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.
$14.30 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $359.11 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 | $14.30 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $52.40 | ↓ -10% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $53.43 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $53.43 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $53.43 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.43 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $53.43 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $53.43 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $56.10 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $58.39 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $70.07 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $70.29 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $71.59 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $102.13 | ↑ +75% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $183.02 | ↑ +213% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $199.63 | ↑ +242% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $207.64 | ↑ +256% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $240.37 | ↑ +312% |
| AETNA | PPO | $253.87 | ↑ +335% |
| AETNA | HMO | $253.87 | ↑ +335% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $258.30 | ↑ +342% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $258.30 | ↑ +342% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $258.30 | ↑ +342% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $264.50 | ↑ +353% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $276.75 | ↑ +374% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $285.24 | ↑ +389% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $285.24 | ↑ +389% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $285.24 | ↑ +389% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $287.71 | ↑ +393% |
| AETNA | ASA | $288.93 | ↑ +395% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $295.20 | ↑ +406% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $295.20 | ↑ +406% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.20 | ↑ +406% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $296.86 | ↑ +408% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $300.37 | ↑ +414% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $304.65 | ↑ +422% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $313.65 | ↑ +437% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $317.04 | ↑ +443% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $352.87 | ↑ +504% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $352.87 | ↑ +504% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $359.11 | ↑ +515% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $59.14 | $59.14 – $102.13 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $62.92 | $19.33 – $218.71 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $59.19 | $14.30 – $218.71 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $59.14 | $59.14 – $207.64 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $62.92 | $21.32 – $218.71 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $59.19 | $59.19 – $218.71 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $59.14 | $14.95 – $207.64 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $58.39 | $58.39 – $207.64 |