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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$599.23
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.
$4,021.00
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.
$332.72 with KARNA vs $3,913.24 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $332.72 | ↓ -44% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $548.30 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $548.30 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $548.30 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $548.30 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $548.30 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $548.30 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $570.98 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $575.72 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.23 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $719.07 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $723.78 | ↑ +21% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $780.07 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,368.37 | ↑ +295% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,391.69 | ↑ +299% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,506.00 | ↑ +318% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,619.28 | ↑ +337% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,718.00 | ↑ +354% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,814.70 | ↑ +370% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,814.70 | ↑ +370% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,814.70 | ↑ +370% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,882.25 | ↑ +381% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,015.75 | ↑ +403% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,108.23 | ↑ +419% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,124.32 | ↑ +421% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,124.32 | ↑ +421% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,135.17 | ↑ +423% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,148.44 | ↑ +425% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,216.80 | ↑ +437% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,216.80 | ↑ +437% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,234.89 | ↑ +440% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,273.09 | ↑ +446% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,319.74 | ↑ +454% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,411.42 | ↑ +469% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,411.42 | ↑ +469% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,417.85 | ↑ +470% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,454.84 | ↑ +477% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,538.48 | ↑ +491% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,618.90 | ↑ +504% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,845.28 | ↑ +542% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,845.28 | ↑ +542% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,913.24 | ↑ +553% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $3,618.90 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $349.12 – $5,399.00 |