Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus 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

$42.84

Cash price

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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.

$944.00

Gross charge

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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.

$22.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $472.00 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.

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Payer
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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
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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 $22.00 ↓ -49%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.98 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.41 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.80 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $68.87 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $87.93 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $87.93 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $92.39 ↑ +116%
CIGNA HMO $196.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $196.31 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $240.56 ↑ +462%
HORIZON OMNIA $315.93 ↑ +637%
AETNA PPO $333.68 ↑ +679%
AETNA HMO $333.68 ↑ +679%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $339.50 ↑ +692%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $339.50 ↑ +692%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $339.50 ↑ +692%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $347.65 ↑ +712%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $363.75 ↑ +749%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $374.91 ↑ +775%
QUALCARE PPO $374.91 ↑ +775%
HORIZON PIP $374.91 ↑ +775%
HORIZON SHP $378.15 ↑ +783%
AETNA ASA $379.76 ↑ +786%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $388.00 ↑ +806%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $388.00 ↑ +806%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $388.00 ↑ +806%
HORIZON HMO $390.18 ↑ +811%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $394.79 ↑ +822%
HORIZON PPO $400.42 ↑ +835%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $412.25 ↑ +862%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $416.71 ↑ +873%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $472.00 ↑ +1002%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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