Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$51.31
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.
$314.00
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.
$29.39 with AETNA vs $201.45 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $29.39 | ↓ -43% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $39.43 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $45.16 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.31 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $53.88 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $61.57 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $66.83 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $102.67 | ↑ +100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $105.31 | ↑ +105% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $111.99 | ↑ +118% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $134.84 | ↑ +163% |
| AETNA | PPO | $142.42 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | HMO | $142.42 | ↑ +178% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $144.90 | ↑ +182% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $144.90 | ↑ +182% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $144.90 | ↑ +182% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $148.38 | ↑ +189% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $155.25 | ↑ +203% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $160.01 | ↑ +212% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $160.01 | ↑ +212% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $160.01 | ↑ +212% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $161.40 | ↑ +215% |
| AETNA | ASA | $162.08 | ↑ +216% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $165.60 | ↑ +223% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $165.60 | ↑ +223% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $165.60 | ↑ +223% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $166.53 | ↑ +225% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $168.50 | ↑ +228% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $170.90 | ↑ +233% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.95 | ↑ +243% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $177.85 | ↑ +247% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $191.40 | ↑ +273% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $191.40 | ↑ +273% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $201.45 | ↑ +293% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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