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Head CT scan (with contrast) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$194.55
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.
$2,695.00
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.
$178.02 with AMERIGROUP vs $2,224.99 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 |
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| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.55 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $233.47 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $278.61 | ↑ +43% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $296.00 | ↑ +52% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $296.00 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | PPO | $296.23 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | HMO | $296.23 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $382.69 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $434.32 | ↑ +123% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $434.32 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $479.11 | ↑ +146% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $485.10 | ↑ +149% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $522.83 | ↑ +169% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $529.10 | ↑ +172% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $538.25 | ↑ +177% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +234% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $714.00 | ↑ +267% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,755.52 | ↑ +802% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,760.50 | ↑ +805% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,760.50 | ↑ +805% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,859.55 | ↑ +856% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,931.78 | ↑ +893% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,944.10 | ↑ +899% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,944.10 | ↑ +899% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,944.10 | ↑ +899% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,012.00 | ↑ +934% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,012.00 | ↑ +934% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,021.25 | ↑ +939% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,083.24 | ↑ +971% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,101.29 | ↑ +980% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,110.19 | ↑ +985% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,137.75 | ↑ +999% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,168.13 | ↑ +1014% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,193.73 | ↑ +1028% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,224.99 | ↑ +1044% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Head CT scan (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $197.04 – $2,290.75 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $209.65 | $167.72 – $2,218.23 |