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Chest X-ray (single view) 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.
$459.00
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.
$19.89 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $367.20 with PRIME HEALTH — 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 | $19.89 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA | PPO | $29.81 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA | HMO | $29.81 | ↓ -69% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.07 | ↓ -51% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $60.30 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $60.30 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $60.92 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $67.63 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $68.80 | ↓ -29% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $77.22 | ↓ -20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $83.23 | ↓ -14% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $87.44 | ↓ -9% |
| 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% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $92.45 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $115.47 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $212.78 | ↑ +121% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $219.04 | ↑ +128% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $232.09 | ↑ +141% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $279.45 | ↑ +190% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $307.51 | ↑ +220% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $321.30 | ↑ +234% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $321.30 | ↑ +234% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $321.30 | ↑ +234% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $321.75 | ↑ +234% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $331.62 | ↑ +245% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $333.33 | ↑ +246% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $334.49 | ↑ +248% |
| AETNA | ASA | $335.91 | ↑ +249% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $343.20 | ↑ +257% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $345.13 | ↑ +259% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $349.21 | ↑ +263% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $354.18 | ↑ +268% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $354.81 | ↑ +269% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $364.65 | ↑ +279% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $367.20 | ↑ +282% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $367.20 | ↑ +282% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $18.21 – $404.84 |
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $171.60 | $62.21 – $62.21 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $19.89 – $364.65 |