Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$85.66
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.
$222.00
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.
$31.52 with AETNA vs $216.05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $31.52 | ↓ -63% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.96 | ↓ -53% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $43.07 | ↓ -50% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $48.40 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $75.35 | ↓ -12% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $85.66 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $85.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $85.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $85.66 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $85.66 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $85.66 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $89.94 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $102.79 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $104.00 | ↑ +21% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $108.63 | ↑ +27% |
| CIGNA - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $111.00 | ↑ +30% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $132.05 | ↑ +54% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $133.20 | ↑ +55% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $135.20 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $135.20 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $135.20 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $135.20 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $135.20 | ↑ +58% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $144.30 | ↑ +68% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $145.99 | ↑ +70% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $153.00 | ↑ +79% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $155.40 | ↑ +81% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $155.40 | ↑ +81% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $155.40 | ↑ +81% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $159.13 | ↑ +86% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $166.50 | ↑ +94% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $172.49 | ↑ +101% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $172.49 | ↑ +101% |
| AETNA | ASA | $173.83 | ↑ +103% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $177.60 | ↑ +107% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $177.60 | ↑ +107% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $178.60 | ↑ +108% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $188.70 | ↑ +120% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $190.74 | ↑ +123% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $195.36 | ↑ +128% |
| AETNA | PPO | $199.07 | ↑ +132% |
| AETNA | HMO | $199.07 | ↑ +132% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $212.30 | ↑ +148% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $212.30 | ↑ +148% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $216.05 | ↑ +152% |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $85.66 | $85.66 – $102.79 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $85.66 | $68.53 – $4,221.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $85.66 | $85.66 – $3,343.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $85.66 | $68.53 – $108.63 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $85.66 | $85.66 – $826.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $85.66 | $85.66 – $1,456.08 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $85.66 | $85.66 – $108.63 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $85.66 | $85.66 – $108.63 |