Contrast x-ray of wrist 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.
$883.00
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.
$119.33 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $996.68 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 | $119.33 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $125.39 | ↓ -68% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $158.94 | ↓ -59% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $168.21 | ↓ -57% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $171.30 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA | HMO | $218.39 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | PPO | $218.39 | ↓ -44% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $249.16 | ↓ -36% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $374.99 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $390.30 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $394.97 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $394.97 | ↑ +1% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $437.97 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $468.36 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $477.70 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $575.19 | ↑ +47% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $618.10 | ↑ +58% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $618.10 | ↑ +58% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $618.10 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $632.93 | ↑ +62% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $662.25 | ↑ +70% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $682.56 | ↑ +75% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $682.56 | ↑ +75% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $682.56 | ↑ +75% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $688.48 | ↑ +76% |
| AETNA | ASA | $691.39 | ↑ +77% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $706.40 | ↑ +81% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $706.40 | ↑ +81% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $706.40 | ↑ +81% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $710.37 | ↑ +82% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $718.76 | ↑ +84% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $729.00 | ↑ +87% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $750.55 | ↑ +92% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $758.67 | ↑ +94% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $859.34 | ↑ +120% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $996.68 | ↑ +155% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $395.29 | $119.33 – $996.68 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $420.58 | $31.22 – $1,138.41 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $395.64 | $262.58 – $1,055.58 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $395.29 | $119.33 – $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 | $119.33 – $409.82 |