Culture urine each isolate at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$8.09
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.
$77.00
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.
$2.97 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $74.94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2.97 | ↓ -63% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.09 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.49 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $9.71 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.54 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $10.93 | ↑ +35% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.67 | ↑ +81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $16.60 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $37.07 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $37.07 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $38.19 | ↑ +372% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $41.66 | ↑ +415% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $50.16 | ↑ +520% |
| AETNA | HMO | $52.98 | ↑ +555% |
| AETNA | PPO | $52.98 | ↑ +555% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.90 | ↑ +566% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $53.90 | ↑ +566% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $53.90 | ↑ +566% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $55.19 | ↑ +582% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.75 | ↑ +614% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $59.52 | ↑ +636% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $59.52 | ↑ +636% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $59.52 | ↑ +636% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $60.04 | ↑ +642% |
| AETNA | ASA | $60.29 | ↑ +645% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $61.60 | ↑ +661% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $61.60 | ↑ +661% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $61.60 | ↑ +661% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $61.95 | ↑ +666% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $62.68 | ↑ +675% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $63.57 | ↑ +686% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $65.45 | ↑ +709% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $66.16 | ↑ +718% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $74.94 | ↑ +826% |
| 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 | $30.80 | $11.17 – $11.17 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $8.09 | $8.09 – $37.07 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $8.09 | $4.01 – $36.33 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $8.09 | $2.97 – $38.07 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $8.09 | $6.47 – $37.07 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $8.09 | $4.43 – $37.07 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $8.09 | $8.09 – $37.07 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $8.09 | $3.11 – $37.07 |