Hepatitis c antibody 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

$14.27

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.

$2,145.00

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.

$6.25 with AETNA vs $65.39 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.

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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 $6.25 ↓ -56%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $8.38 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.27 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.27 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.27 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.27 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.27 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.27 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.27 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.27 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.27 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.98 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $17.12 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.59 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.90 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE HMO $21.82 ↑ +53%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $23.80 ↑ +67%
HORIZON OMNIA $28.66 ↑ +101%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29.29 ↑ +105%
AETNA PPO $30.27 ↑ +112%
AETNA HMO $30.27 ↑ +112%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $30.80 ↑ +116%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $30.80 ↑ +116%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $30.80 ↑ +116%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $31.54 ↑ +121%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.00 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE PPO $34.01 ↑ +138%
HORIZON PIP $34.01 ↑ +138%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $34.01 ↑ +138%
HORIZON SHP $34.31 ↑ +140%
AETNA ASA $34.45 ↑ +141%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $35.20 ↑ +147%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $35.20 ↑ +147%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $35.20 ↑ +147%
HORIZON HMO $35.40 ↑ +148%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $35.82 ↑ +151%
HORIZON PPO $36.33 ↑ +155%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +162%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $37.80 ↑ +165%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $42.82 ↑ +200%
CIGNA HMO $65.39 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $65.39 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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