Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step giardia 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

$11.98

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$119.00

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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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$11.98 with CLOVER vs $115.81 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11.98 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.98 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.98 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.98 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.58 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.20 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14.38 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.60 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $16.90 ↑ +41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $22.67 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24.59 ↑ +105%
CIGNA HMO $54.90 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $54.90 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $59.02 ↑ +393%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $64.38 ↑ +437%
HORIZON OMNIA $77.52 ↑ +547%
AETNA HMO $81.87 ↑ +583%
AETNA PPO $81.87 ↑ +583%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $83.30 ↑ +595%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $83.30 ↑ +595%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $83.30 ↑ +595%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $85.30 ↑ +612%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $89.25 ↑ +645%
QUALCARE PPO $91.99 ↑ +668%
HORIZON PIP $91.99 ↑ +668%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $91.99 ↑ +668%
HORIZON SHP $92.78 ↑ +674%
AETNA ASA $93.18 ↑ +678%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $95.20 ↑ +695%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $95.20 ↑ +695%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $95.20 ↑ +695%
HORIZON HMO $95.74 ↑ +699%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $96.87 ↑ +709%
HORIZON PPO $98.25 ↑ +720%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $101.15 ↑ +744%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $102.24 ↑ +753%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $115.81 ↑ +867%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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