Cardiac drug stress test 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

$436.10

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.

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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.

$85.12 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $720.69 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $85.12 ↓ -80%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.07 ↓ -57%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.04 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.04 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.04 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $399.04 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $399.04 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.04 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $418.99 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $436.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $523.32 ↑ +20%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $720.69 ↑ +65%

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Cardiac drug stress test at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $441.68 $85.12 – $481.43
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $469.93 $196.49 – $493.43
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $442.06 $196.49 – $720.69
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $441.68 $85.12 – $481.43
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $469.93 $129.82 – $512.23
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $442.06 $85.12 – $481.85
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $441.68 $85.12 – $481.43
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $436.10 $85.12 – $475.35

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