Creatine kinase at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$6.51
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.
$123.00
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.
$4.69 with AETNA vs $32.12 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.69 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.28 | ↓ -19% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.29 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.51 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.84 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $7.81 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.48 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $13.36 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $16.37 | ↑ +151% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $17.85 | ↑ +174% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $21.50 | ↑ +230% |
| AETNA | PPO | $22.70 | ↑ +249% |
| AETNA | HMO | $22.70 | ↑ +249% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.10 | ↑ +255% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $23.10 | ↑ +255% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $23.10 | ↑ +255% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $23.65 | ↑ +263% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $24.75 | ↑ +280% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $25.51 | ↑ +292% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $25.51 | ↑ +292% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $25.51 | ↑ +292% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $25.73 | ↑ +295% |
| AETNA | ASA | $25.84 | ↑ +297% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $26.40 | ↑ +306% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $26.40 | ↑ +306% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $26.40 | ↑ +306% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $26.55 | ↑ +308% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $26.86 | ↑ +313% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $27.24 | ↑ +318% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $28.05 | ↑ +331% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $28.35 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $29.83 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $29.83 | ↑ +358% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $32.12 | ↑ +393% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $49.20 | $17.84 – $17.84 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $6.51 | $6.51 – $29.83 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $6.51 | $5.21 – $29.23 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $6.51 | $5.28 – $30.64 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $6.51 | $5.21 – $29.83 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $6.51 | $6.51 – $29.83 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $6.51 | $6.51 – $29.83 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $6.51 | $5.52 – $29.83 |