Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$13.42

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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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$165.00

Gross charge

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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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$13.40 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $160.58 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.40 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.42 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.42 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.42 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.42 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.42 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.42 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.42 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.42 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.42 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.09 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $16.10 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.48 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $23.43 ↑ +75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.54 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $31.43 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HMO $61.50 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $61.50 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $81.84 ↑ +510%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $89.27 ↑ +565%
HORIZON OMNIA $107.48 ↑ +701%
AETNA HMO $113.52 ↑ +746%
AETNA PPO $113.52 ↑ +746%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $115.50 ↑ +761%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $115.50 ↑ +761%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $115.50 ↑ +761%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $118.27 ↑ +781%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +822%
QUALCARE PPO $127.55 ↑ +850%
HORIZON PIP $127.55 ↑ +850%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $127.55 ↑ +850%
HORIZON SHP $128.65 ↑ +859%
AETNA ASA $129.20 ↑ +863%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $132.00 ↑ +884%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $132.00 ↑ +884%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $132.00 ↑ +884%
HORIZON HMO $132.74 ↑ +889%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $134.31 ↑ +901%
HORIZON PPO $136.22 ↑ +915%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +945%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $141.77 ↑ +956%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $160.58 ↑ +1097%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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