Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext 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

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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.

$195.00

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.

$27.69 with AETNA vs $908.00 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.

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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 $27.69
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.10
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $37.83
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.78
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.51
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $66.18
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $97.50
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $115.99
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $117.00
HORIZON PIP $118.76
HORIZON SHP $118.76
HORIZON PPO $118.76
HORIZON INDEMNITY $118.76
HORIZON OMNIA $118.76
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $126.75
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $136.50
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $136.50
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $136.50
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $139.78
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $139.78
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $146.25
QUALCARE PPO $151.52
QUALCARE HMO $151.52
AETNA ASA $152.69
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $156.00
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $156.00
HORIZON HMO $156.88
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $165.75
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $167.54
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $171.60
AETNA PPO $175.50
AETNA HMO $175.50
CIGNA PPO $186.48
CIGNA HMO $186.48
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $189.77
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $872.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $908.00
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Ghs musc tst done w/n tst non ext at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $485.00 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $146.49 – $4,692.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City not published $139.78 – $4,246.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen not published $67.04 – $1,301.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy not published $85.08 – $1,716.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank not published $139.78 – $1,040.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin not published $139.78 – $1,522.00

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