Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$116.22

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.

$350.00

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.

$49.70 with AETNA vs $340.62 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $49.70 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.00 ↓ -46%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $66.68 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $67.90 ↓ -42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $76.30 ↓ -34%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.09 ↓ -16%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $106.34 ↓ -9%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $106.34 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.66 ↓ -4%
AETNA HMO $113.62 ↓ -2%
AETNA PPO $113.62 ↓ -2%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
CIGNA PPO $135.64 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HMO $135.64 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $173.60 ↑ +49%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $189.35 ↑ +63%
HORIZON OMNIA $227.99 ↑ +96%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $245.00 ↑ +111%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $245.00 ↑ +111%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $245.00 ↑ +111%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $250.88 ↑ +116%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $262.50 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE PPO $270.55 ↑ +133%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $270.55 ↑ +133%
HORIZON PIP $270.55 ↑ +133%
HORIZON SHP $272.90 ↑ +135%
AETNA ASA $274.05 ↑ +136%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $280.00 ↑ +141%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $280.00 ↑ +141%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $280.00 ↑ +141%
HORIZON HMO $281.58 ↑ +142%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $284.90 ↑ +145%
HORIZON PPO $288.96 ↑ +149%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $297.50 ↑ +156%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $300.72 ↑ +159%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $340.62 ↑ +193%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $76.30 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $37.14 – $336.99
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $103.10 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $76.30 – $135.64
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $125.23 $40.97 – $295.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $56.21 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $34.97 – $295.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $76.30 – $135.64

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