Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$194.55
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.
$605.00
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.
$85.91 with AETNA vs $514.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $85.91 | ↓ -56% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $108.90 | ↓ -44% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $115.25 | ↓ -41% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.37 | ↓ -40% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $133.27 | ↓ -31% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $135.57 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $139.52 | ↓ -28% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.55 | ↑ +0% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.43 | ↑ +4% |
| AETNA | HMO | $209.09 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | PPO | $209.09 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $233.47 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $287.53 | ↑ +48% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $287.53 | ↑ +48% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $300.08 | ↑ +54% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $327.31 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $394.10 | ↑ +103% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $423.50 | ↑ +118% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $423.50 | ↑ +118% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $423.50 | ↑ +118% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $433.66 | ↑ +123% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $453.75 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $467.67 | ↑ +140% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $467.67 | ↑ +140% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $467.67 | ↑ +140% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $471.72 | ↑ +142% |
| AETNA | ASA | $473.72 | ↑ +143% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $483.42 | ↑ +148% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $484.00 | ↑ +149% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $484.00 | ↑ +149% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $484.00 | ↑ +149% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $486.72 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $492.47 | ↑ +153% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $499.49 | ↑ +157% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $514.25 | ↑ +164% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $133.27 – $483.42 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $209.65 | $72.66 – $552.17 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $197.21 | $119.17 – $511.99 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $197.04 | $130.97 – $287.53 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $209.65 | $80.15 – $483.42 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $197.21 | $133.27 – $483.42 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $197.04 | $133.27 – $483.42 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $194.55 | $133.27 – $287.53 |