Bx breast pq tomo guide 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

$4,184.94

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.

$7,563.00

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.

$1,073.95 with AETNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,073.95 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,361.34 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,467.22 ↓ -65%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -62%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,020.74 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,184.94 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,926.54 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,021.93 ↑ +20%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,294.10 ↑ +27%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,294.10 ↑ +27%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,294.10 ↑ +27%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,672.25 ↑ +36%
HORIZON PIP $5,846.20 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE PPO $5,876.45 ↑ +40%
HORIZON SHP $5,896.87 ↑ +41%
AETNA ASA $5,921.83 ↑ +42%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $6,050.40 ↑ +45%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $6,050.40 ↑ +45%
HORIZON HMO $6,084.43 ↑ +45%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,156.28 ↑ +47%
HORIZON PPO $6,244.01 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +49%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,428.55 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,498.13 ↑ +55%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,655.44 ↑ +59%
CIGNA HMO $6,798.38 ↑ +62%
CIGNA PPO $6,798.38 ↑ +62%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,360.31 ↑ +76%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +96%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +101%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +101%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +137%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +147%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +155%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,509.59 $3,607.67 – $4,735.07
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $4,242.15 $3,829.28 – $4,242.15
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,509.59 $4,509.59 – $4,915.45
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $4,242.15 $4,242.15 – $5,090.58
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4,184.94 $4,184.94 – $5,021.93

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