Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$218.06
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.
$600.00
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.
$85.20 with AETNA vs $583.92 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 | $85.20 | ↓ -61% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $114.30 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $191.90 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.06 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $228.96 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $261.67 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.02 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $297.60 | ↑ +36% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $324.60 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $390.84 | ↑ +79% |
| AETNA | PPO | $412.80 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | HMO | $412.80 | ↑ +89% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $420.00 | ↑ +93% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $420.00 | ↑ +93% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $420.00 | ↑ +93% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $430.08 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $447.57 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $450.00 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $463.80 | ↑ +113% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $463.80 | ↑ +113% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $463.80 | ↑ +113% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $467.82 | ↑ +115% |
| AETNA | ASA | $469.80 | ↑ +115% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $480.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $480.00 | ↑ +120% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $480.00 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $482.70 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $488.40 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $495.36 | ↑ +127% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $510.00 | ↑ +134% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $515.52 | ↑ +136% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $573.78 | ↑ +163% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $573.78 | ↑ +163% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $583.92 | ↑ +168% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $218.06 | $218.06 – $447.57 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $218.06 | $129.68 – $290.02 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $218.06 | $191.90 – $475.37 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $218.06 | $174.45 – $284.02 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $218.06 | $143.05 – $447.57 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $218.06 | $218.06 – $447.57 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $218.06 | $100.30 – $447.57 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $218.06 | $218.06 – $284.02 |