Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$41.68
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.
$295.00
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.
$26.70 with AETNA vs $190.99 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.70 | ↓ -36% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $35.81 | ↓ -14% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $41.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $41.80 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $43.76 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $50.02 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $54.29 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $85.55 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $93.25 | ↑ +124% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $101.71 | ↑ +144% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $122.46 | ↑ +194% |
| AETNA | PPO | $129.34 | ↑ +210% |
| AETNA | HMO | $129.34 | ↑ +210% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $131.60 | ↑ +216% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $131.60 | ↑ +216% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $131.60 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $134.76 | ↑ +223% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $141.00 | ↑ +238% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $145.32 | ↑ +249% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $145.32 | ↑ +249% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $145.32 | ↑ +249% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $146.58 | ↑ +252% |
| AETNA | ASA | $147.20 | ↑ +253% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $150.40 | ↑ +261% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $150.40 | ↑ +261% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $150.40 | ↑ +261% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $151.25 | ↑ +263% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $153.03 | ↑ +267% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $155.21 | ↑ +272% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $159.80 | ↑ +283% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $161.53 | ↑ +288% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $182.96 | ↑ +339% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $190.99 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $190.99 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $41.68 | $41.68 – $190.99 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $41.68 | $29.56 – $187.16 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $41.68 | $41.68 – $196.16 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $41.68 | $33.34 – $190.99 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $41.68 | $32.60 – $190.99 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $41.68 | $41.68 – $190.99 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $41.68 | $22.86 – $190.99 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $41.68 | $41.68 – $190.99 |