Encephalitis, california igg/igm 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

$13.19

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.

$180.00

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.

$3.27 with AETNA vs $60.44 with CIGNA — 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 $3.27 ↓ -75%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.38 ↓ -67%
QUALCARE HMO $11.41 ↓ -13%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $12.44 ↓ -6%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.19 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.19 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.19 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.85 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $14.98 ↑ +14%
AETNA HMO $15.82 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $15.82 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $15.83 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $16.10 ↑ +22%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $16.10 ↑ +22%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $16.10 ↑ +22%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16.49 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.18 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $17.25 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE PPO $17.78 ↑ +35%
HORIZON PIP $17.78 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $17.78 ↑ +35%
HORIZON SHP $17.93 ↑ +36%
AETNA ASA $18.01 ↑ +37%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $18.40 ↑ +39%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $18.40 ↑ +39%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $18.40 ↑ +39%
HORIZON HMO $18.50 ↑ +40%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $18.72 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PPO $18.99 ↑ +44%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $19.55 ↑ +48%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $19.76 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $22.38 ↑ +70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.07 ↑ +105%
CIGNA HMO $60.44 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $60.44 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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