Esophagus motility study at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$579.88
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.
$3,025.00
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.
$297.63 with AETNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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 | $297.63 | ↓ -49% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $375.75 | ↓ -35% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $377.28 | ↓ -35% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $406.62 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $530.60 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $530.60 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $530.60 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $530.60 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $530.60 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $530.60 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $557.13 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $579.88 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $695.86 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,365.33 | ↑ +135% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,572.00 | ↑ +171% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +172% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,620.21 | ↑ +179% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,628.59 | ↑ +181% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,634.25 | ↑ +182% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,641.17 | ↑ +183% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,686.23 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,706.14 | ↑ +194% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,730.46 | ↑ +198% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,781.60 | ↑ +207% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,781.60 | ↑ +207% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,800.88 | ↑ +211% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,844.48 | ↑ +218% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,004.40 | ↑ +246% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,004.40 | ↑ +246% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,039.83 | ↑ +252% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,117.50 | ↑ +265% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,117.50 | ↑ +265% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,420.00 | ↑ +317% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,420.00 | ↑ +317% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,810.00 | ↑ +385% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,454.00 | ↑ +496% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +979% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1352% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1352% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +1613% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +1740% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Esophagus motility study at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $587.30 | $587.30 – $704.76 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $624.87 | $395.09 – $656.11 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $587.81 | $395.09 – $587.81 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $587.30 | $375.75 – $704.76 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $624.87 | $395.09 – $681.10 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $587.81 | $395.09 – $705.37 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $587.30 | $375.75 – $704.76 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $579.88 | $375.75 – $695.86 |