Iron binding capacity at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$8.74
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.
$113.00
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.
$3.41 with AETNA vs $40.05 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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.41 | ↓ -61% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.57 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.92 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.74 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.18 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $10.49 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $11.38 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $11.90 | ↑ +36% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $12.98 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $15.63 | ↑ +79% |
| AETNA | PPO | $16.51 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | HMO | $16.51 | ↑ +89% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.80 | ↑ +92% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $16.80 | ↑ +92% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $16.80 | ↑ +92% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $17.20 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $17.94 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.00 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $18.55 | ↑ +112% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $18.55 | ↑ +112% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $18.55 | ↑ +112% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $18.71 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA | ASA | $18.79 | ↑ +115% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $19.20 | ↑ +120% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $19.20 | ↑ +120% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $19.20 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $19.31 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $19.54 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $19.81 | ↑ +127% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $20.40 | ↑ +133% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $20.62 | ↑ +136% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $23.36 | ↑ +167% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $40.05 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $40.05 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Iron binding capacity at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $45.20 | $16.39 – $16.39 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $9.61 | $4.11 – $41.39 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $9.61 | $4.11 – $36.06 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $9.61 | $4.11 – $36.06 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $9.61 | $4.11 – $36.06 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $49.00 | $6.99 – $7.20 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $9.61 | $4.11 – $36.06 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $9.61 | $4.11 – $36.06 |