External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$26.76
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.
$166.00
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.
$23.57 with AETNA vs $161.55 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $23.57 | ↓ -12% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $24.49 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $24.49 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $24.49 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $24.49 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $24.49 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $24.49 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.71 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.76 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $27.50 | ↑ +3% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $31.62 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $32.12 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $32.20 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $50.64 | ↑ +89% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $82.34 | ↑ +208% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $89.81 | ↑ +236% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.98 | ↑ +266% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $108.13 | ↑ +304% |
| AETNA | PPO | $114.21 | ↑ +327% |
| AETNA | HMO | $114.21 | ↑ +327% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $116.20 | ↑ +334% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $116.20 | ↑ +334% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $116.20 | ↑ +334% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $118.99 | ↑ +345% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $124.50 | ↑ +365% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $128.32 | ↑ +380% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $128.32 | ↑ +380% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $128.32 | ↑ +380% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $129.43 | ↑ +384% |
| AETNA | ASA | $129.98 | ↑ +386% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $132.80 | ↑ +396% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $132.80 | ↑ +396% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $132.80 | ↑ +396% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $133.55 | ↑ +399% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $135.12 | ↑ +405% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $137.05 | ↑ +412% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $141.10 | ↑ +427% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $142.63 | ↑ +433% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $158.75 | ↑ +493% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $158.75 | ↑ +493% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $161.55 | ↑ +504% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $27.11 | $27.11 – $50.64 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $28.84 | $15.73 – $100.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $27.13 | $24.49 – $100.05 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $27.11 | $27.11 – $97.98 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $28.84 | $17.35 – $104.07 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $27.13 | $27.13 – $100.05 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $27.11 | $12.17 – $97.98 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $26.76 | $26.76 – $97.98 |