Enzyme histochemistry at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$892.77
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.
$1,282.00
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.
$14.23 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,346.75 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.23 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $151.51 | ↓ -83% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $207.00 | ↓ -77% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $244.22 | ↓ -73% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $252.31 | ↓ -72% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $529.23 | ↓ -41% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $577.25 | ↓ -35% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $695.04 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | HMO | $734.10 | ↓ -18% |
| AETNA | PPO | $734.10 | ↓ -18% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $764.83 | ↓ -14% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $800.25 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $816.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $816.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $816.90 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $816.90 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $816.90 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $816.90 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $824.79 | ↓ -8% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $829.06 | ↓ -7% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $831.94 | ↓ -7% |
| AETNA | ASA | $835.46 | ↓ -6% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $853.60 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $857.75 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $858.40 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $868.54 | ↓ -3% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $880.92 | ↓ -1% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $892.77 | ↑ +0% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $897.40 | ↑ +1% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $897.40 | ↑ +1% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $897.40 | ↑ +1% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $906.95 | ↑ +2% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $916.77 | ↑ +3% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $938.96 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,020.37 | ↑ +14% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,020.37 | ↑ +14% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,025.60 | ↑ +15% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,025.60 | ↑ +15% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,038.40 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,071.33 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,346.75 | ↑ +51% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Enzyme histochemistry at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $904.19 | $230.40 – $1,346.75 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $962.03 | $14.57 – $1,515.40 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $904.98 | $14.23 – $1,430.41 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $904.19 | $230.40 – $1,466.50 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $962.03 | $16.07 – $2,767.57 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $904.98 | $230.40 – $1,346.75 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $904.19 | $11.27 – $1,346.75 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $892.77 | $230.40 – $973.12 |