H pylori (c-13) breath at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$67.36
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.
$275.00
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.
$39.05 with AETNA vs $308.67 with CIGNA — 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 | $39.05 | ↓ -42% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $52.39 | ↓ -22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $52.80 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.36 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $70.73 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $80.83 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $87.74 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $136.40 | ↑ +102% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $138.26 | ↑ +105% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $148.78 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $179.14 | ↑ +166% |
| AETNA | PPO | $189.20 | ↑ +181% |
| AETNA | HMO | $189.20 | ↑ +181% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $192.50 | ↑ +186% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $192.50 | ↑ +186% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $192.50 | ↑ +186% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $197.12 | ↑ +193% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $206.25 | ↑ +206% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $212.58 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $212.58 | ↑ +216% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $212.58 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $214.42 | ↑ +218% |
| AETNA | ASA | $215.33 | ↑ +220% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $220.00 | ↑ +227% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $220.00 | ↑ +227% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $220.00 | ↑ +227% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $221.24 | ↑ +228% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $223.85 | ↑ +232% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $227.04 | ↑ +237% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $233.75 | ↑ +247% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $236.28 | ↑ +251% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $267.63 | ↑ +297% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $308.67 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $308.67 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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H pylori (c-13) breath at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $67.36 | $67.36 – $308.67 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $67.36 | $36.57 – $302.48 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $67.36 | $52.80 – $317.01 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $67.36 | $53.89 – $308.67 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $67.36 | $40.34 – $308.67 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $67.36 | $67.36 – $308.67 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $67.36 | $28.29 – $308.67 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $67.36 | $67.36 – $308.67 |