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Chest X-ray at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$96.23
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.
$497.00
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.
$36.57 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $422.45 with MULTIPLAN - PHCS — 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 | $36.57 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | PPO | $54.81 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | HMO | $54.81 | ↓ -43% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $61.81 | ↓ -36% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $67.63 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $68.80 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $70.57 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $82.54 | ↓ -14% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $82.54 | ↓ -14% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $89.46 | ↓ -7% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $92.45 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $94.68 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $96.42 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $115.47 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $219.04 | ↑ +128% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $219.04 | ↑ +128% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $246.51 | ↑ +156% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $323.75 | ↑ +236% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $347.90 | ↑ +262% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $347.90 | ↑ +262% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $347.90 | ↑ +262% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $356.25 | ↑ +270% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $372.75 | ↑ +287% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $384.18 | ↑ +299% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $384.18 | ↑ +299% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $384.18 | ↑ +299% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $387.51 | ↑ +303% |
| AETNA | ASA | $389.15 | ↑ +304% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $397.60 | ↑ +313% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $397.60 | ↑ +313% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $397.60 | ↑ +313% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $399.84 | ↑ +316% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $404.56 | ↑ +320% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $410.32 | ↑ +326% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $422.45 | ↑ +339% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chest X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $198.80 | $72.07 – $72.07 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $36.57 – $422.45 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $27.96 – $438.35 |