Immune complex assay 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

$24.37

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$651.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$12.50 with AETNA vs $111.67 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $12.50 ↓ -49%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.76 ↓ -31%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.37 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.37 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $24.37 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.37 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $24.37 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $24.37 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.37 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.37 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $24.37 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.59 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $29.24 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.74 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $36.30 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE HMO $43.65 ↑ +79%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $47.61 ↑ +95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $50.02 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $57.32 ↑ +135%
AETNA PPO $60.54 ↑ +148%
AETNA HMO $60.54 ↑ +148%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $61.60 ↑ +153%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $61.60 ↑ +153%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $61.60 ↑ +153%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $63.08 ↑ +159%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $66.00 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE PPO $68.02 ↑ +179%
HORIZON PIP $68.02 ↑ +179%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $68.02 ↑ +179%
HORIZON SHP $68.61 ↑ +182%
AETNA ASA $68.90 ↑ +183%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $70.40 ↑ +189%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $70.40 ↑ +189%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $70.40 ↑ +189%
HORIZON HMO $70.80 ↑ +191%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $71.63 ↑ +194%
HORIZON PPO $72.65 ↑ +198%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $74.80 ↑ +207%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $75.61 ↑ +210%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $85.64 ↑ +251%
CIGNA HMO $111.67 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $111.67 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Immune complex assay at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $24.37 $24.37 – $111.67
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $24.37 $19.50 – $109.43
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $24.37 $24.37 – $114.69
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $24.37 $19.50 – $111.67
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $24.37 $24.37 – $111.67
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $24.37 $24.37 – $111.67
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $24.37 $24.37 – $111.67
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $24.37 $24.37 – $111.67

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →