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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$207.95
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.
$1,100.00
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.
$148.39 with AETNA vs $940.50 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $148.39 | ↓ -29% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $157.14 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $159.86 | ↓ -23% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $188.10 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $191.13 | ↓ -8% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $202.73 | ↓ -3% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $207.95 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $209.55 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $218.35 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $249.54 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $291.48 | ↑ +40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $316.48 | ↑ +52% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $316.48 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | PPO | $338.14 | ↑ +63% |
| AETNA | HMO | $338.14 | ↑ +63% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $413.48 | ↑ +99% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $413.48 | ↑ +99% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $680.71 | ↑ +227% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $749.06 | ↑ +260% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $770.00 | ↑ +270% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $770.00 | ↑ +270% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $770.00 | ↑ +270% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $783.75 | ↑ +277% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $807.79 | ↑ +288% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $811.97 | ↑ +290% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $811.97 | ↑ +290% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $814.79 | ↑ +292% |
| AETNA | ASA | $818.24 | ↑ +293% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $840.70 | ↑ +304% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $850.30 | ↑ +309% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $850.63 | ↑ +309% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $862.75 | ↑ +315% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $880.00 | ↑ +323% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $880.00 | ↑ +323% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $888.25 | ↑ +327% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $940.50 | ↑ +352% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $207.95 | $121.57 – $990.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $207.95 | $157.14 – $940.50 |