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CT Angiogram of the Chest (for blood clot) at Ocean University Medical Center

425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$194.55

Cash price

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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.

$3,587.00

Gross charge

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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.

$178.02 with AMERIGROUP vs $3,038.75 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.02 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.02 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.02 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.02 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $178.02 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $178.02 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $186.92 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $233.47 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $434.32 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $434.32 ↑ +123%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $509.35 ↑ +162%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $530.28 ↑ +173%
AETNA PPO $586.48 ↑ +201%
AETNA HMO $586.48 ↑ +201%
CIGNA PPO $601.59 ↑ +209%
CIGNA HMO $601.59 ↑ +209%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $645.66 ↑ +232%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +234%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $681.04 ↑ +250%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $695.88 ↑ +258%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +267%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $787.68 ↑ +305%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $801.30 ↑ +312%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +971%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,159.44 ↑ +1010%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,336.57 ↑ +1101%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,475.03 ↑ +1172%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,502.50 ↑ +1186%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,502.50 ↑ +1186%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,571.16 ↑ +1222%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,690.25 ↑ +1283%
QUALCARE PPO $2,763.48 ↑ +1320%
HORIZON PIP $2,772.75 ↑ +1325%
HORIZON SHP $2,796.78 ↑ +1338%
AETNA ASA $2,808.62 ↑ +1344%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $2,860.00 ↑ +1370%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $2,860.00 ↑ +1370%
HORIZON HMO $2,885.74 ↑ +1383%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,919.82 ↑ +1401%
HORIZON PPO $2,961.43 ↑ +1422%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,038.75 ↑ +1462%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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CT Angiogram of the Chest (for blood clot) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $3,048.95
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $209.65 $167.72 – $4,180.82

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