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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$9.71

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.

$179.00

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.

$7.26 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $53.53 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.26 ↓ -25%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $7.81 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.71 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.71 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.20 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $10.48 ↑ +8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $11.65 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.65 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19.93 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $27.28 ↑ +181%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $29.76 ↑ +206%
HORIZON OMNIA $35.83 ↑ +269%
AETNA PPO $37.84 ↑ +290%
AETNA HMO $37.84 ↑ +290%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $38.50 ↑ +296%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $38.50 ↑ +296%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $38.50 ↑ +296%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $39.42 ↑ +306%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $41.25 ↑ +325%
HORIZON PIP $42.52 ↑ +338%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $42.52 ↑ +338%
QUALCARE PPO $42.52 ↑ +338%
HORIZON SHP $42.88 ↑ +342%
AETNA ASA $43.07 ↑ +344%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $44.00 ↑ +353%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $44.00 ↑ +353%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $44.00 ↑ +353%
HORIZON HMO $44.25 ↑ +356%
CIGNA PPO $44.49 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $44.49 ↑ +358%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $44.77 ↑ +361%
HORIZON PPO $45.41 ↑ +368%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +381%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $47.26 ↑ +387%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.53 ↑ +451%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $9.71 $9.71 – $47.26
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