Cell enumeration & id at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$250.78
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.
$756.00
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.
$19.97 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,149.16 with CIGNA — 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 | $19.97 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $107.35 | ↓ -57% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $144.02 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $250.78 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $263.32 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $300.94 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.64 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $374.98 | ↑ +50% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $409.00 | ↑ +63% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $492.46 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $514.73 | ↑ +105% |
| AETNA | PPO | $520.13 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | HMO | $520.13 | ↑ +107% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $529.20 | ↑ +111% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $529.20 | ↑ +111% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $529.20 | ↑ +111% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $541.90 | ↑ +116% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $567.00 | ↑ +126% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $584.39 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $584.39 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $584.39 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $589.45 | ↑ +135% |
| AETNA | ASA | $591.95 | ↑ +136% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $604.80 | ↑ +141% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $604.80 | ↑ +141% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $604.80 | ↑ +141% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $608.20 | ↑ +143% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $615.38 | ↑ +145% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $624.15 | ↑ +149% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $642.60 | ↑ +156% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $649.56 | ↑ +159% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $735.74 | ↑ +193% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,149.16 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,149.16 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Cell enumeration & id at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $250.78 | $19.97 – $1,149.16 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $250.78 | $200.62 – $1,126.13 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $250.78 | $220.68 – $1,180.23 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $250.78 | $19.97 – $1,149.16 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $250.78 | $250.78 – $1,149.16 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $250.78 | $19.97 – $1,149.16 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $250.78 | $19.97 – $1,149.16 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $250.78 | $19.97 – $1,149.16 |