Contrast x-ray of hip at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$390.30
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.
$1,366.00
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.
$157.85 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,329.39 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 | $157.85 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $193.97 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA | HMO | $204.43 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | PPO | $204.43 | ↓ -48% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $237.95 | ↓ -39% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $245.88 | ↓ -37% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $260.22 | ↓ -33% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $265.00 | ↓ -32% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $374.99 | ↓ -4% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $382.62 | ↓ -2% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $382.62 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $390.30 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $468.36 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $677.54 | ↑ +74% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $739.01 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $889.81 | ↑ +128% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $956.20 | ↑ +145% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $956.20 | ↑ +145% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $956.20 | ↑ +145% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $979.15 | ↑ +151% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $996.68 | ↑ +155% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,024.50 | ↑ +162% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,055.92 | ↑ +171% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,055.92 | ↑ +171% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,055.92 | ↑ +171% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,065.07 | ↑ +173% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,069.58 | ↑ +174% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,092.80 | ↑ +180% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,092.80 | ↑ +180% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,092.80 | ↑ +180% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,098.95 | ↑ +182% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,111.92 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,127.77 | ↑ +189% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,161.10 | ↑ +197% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,173.67 | ↑ +201% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,329.39 | ↑ +241% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of hip at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $395.29 | $157.85 – $996.68 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $420.58 | $31.22 – $1,138.41 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $395.64 | $250.59 – $1,055.58 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $395.29 | $157.85 – $1,131.05 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $420.58 | $34.44 – $996.68 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $395.64 | $47.25 – $996.68 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $395.29 | $29.40 – $996.68 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $390.30 | $157.85 – $409.82 |