Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$951.61
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.
$3,608.00
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.
$134.35 with KARNA 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $134.35 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $512.34 | ↓ -46% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $649.44 | ↓ -32% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $671.02 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $870.74 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $870.74 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $870.74 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $870.74 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $870.74 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $870.74 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $914.28 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $951.61 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,141.94 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +25% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +66% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,184.70 | ↑ +130% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,184.70 | ↑ +130% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,184.70 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↑ +136% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,340.75 | ↑ +146% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,350.25 | ↑ +147% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,496.80 | ↑ +162% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,496.80 | ↑ +162% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,519.00 | ↑ +165% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,652.85 | ↑ +179% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,788.98 | ↑ +193% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,803.42 | ↑ +195% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,813.16 | ↑ +196% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,825.06 | ↑ +197% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,902.64 | ↑ +205% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,936.91 | ↑ +209% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,978.76 | ↑ +213% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,099.99 | ↑ +226% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,175.04 | ↑ +234% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,511.31 | ↑ +269% |
| AETNA | PPO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +323% |
| AETNA | HMO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +323% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,090.00 | ↑ +330% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,092.00 | ↑ +435% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +557% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +944% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +1021% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $963.79 | $963.79 – $1,156.54 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,025.44 | $137.96 – $1,076.71 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $964.62 | $44.80 – $964.62 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $963.79 | $134.35 – $1,156.54 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,025.44 | $137.96 – $1,117.72 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $964.62 | $137.96 – $1,157.55 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $963.79 | $134.35 – $1,156.54 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $951.61 | $134.35 – $1,141.94 |