Culture body fluid at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$8.62
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.
$347.00
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.
$8.62 with CLOVER vs $70.07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.62 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.05 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $9.90 | ↑ +15% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $10.22 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $10.34 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $11.23 | ↑ +30% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $13.72 | ↑ +59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $17.69 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $35.71 | ↑ +314% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $38.95 | ↑ +352% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $39.50 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $39.50 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $46.90 | ↑ +444% |
| AETNA | HMO | $49.54 | ↑ +475% |
| AETNA | PPO | $49.54 | ↑ +475% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $50.40 | ↑ +485% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $50.40 | ↑ +485% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $50.40 | ↑ +485% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $51.61 | ↑ +499% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $54.00 | ↑ +526% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $55.66 | ↑ +546% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $55.66 | ↑ +546% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $55.66 | ↑ +546% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $56.14 | ↑ +551% |
| AETNA | ASA | $56.38 | ↑ +554% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.60 | ↑ +568% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $57.60 | ↑ +568% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $57.60 | ↑ +568% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $57.92 | ↑ +572% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $58.61 | ↑ +580% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $59.44 | ↑ +590% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $61.20 | ↑ +610% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $61.86 | ↑ +618% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $70.07 | ↑ +713% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture body fluid at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $8.62 | $8.62 – $39.50 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $8.62 | $6.90 – $38.71 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $8.62 | $8.62 – $40.57 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $8.62 | $6.90 – $39.50 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $8.62 | $8.62 – $39.50 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $8.62 | $8.62 – $39.50 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $8.62 | $8.62 – $39.50 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $8.62 | $8.62 – $39.50 |