Lipase at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$6.89
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.
$132.00
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.
$4.95 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $61.31 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.95 | ↓ -28% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.89 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.23 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $8.27 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.95 | ↑ +30% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.97 | ↑ +30% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $12.00 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $14.14 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $31.25 | ↑ +354% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $31.57 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $31.57 | ↑ +358% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $34.08 | ↑ +395% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $41.04 | ↑ +496% |
| AETNA | HMO | $43.34 | ↑ +529% |
| AETNA | PPO | $43.34 | ↑ +529% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $44.10 | ↑ +540% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $44.10 | ↑ +540% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $44.10 | ↑ +540% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $45.16 | ↑ +555% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $47.25 | ↑ +586% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $48.70 | ↑ +607% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $48.70 | ↑ +607% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $48.70 | ↑ +607% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $49.12 | ↑ +613% |
| AETNA | ASA | $49.33 | ↑ +616% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $50.40 | ↑ +631% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $50.40 | ↑ +631% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $50.40 | ↑ +631% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $50.68 | ↑ +636% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $51.28 | ↑ +644% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $52.01 | ↑ +655% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $53.55 | ↑ +677% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $54.13 | ↑ +686% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $61.31 | ↑ +790% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $52.80 | $19.14 – $19.14 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $7.58 | $3.24 – $32.87 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $7.58 | $3.24 – $28.05 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $7.58 | $3.24 – $28.05 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $7.58 | $3.24 – $28.05 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $52.00 | $5.51 – $5.68 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $7.58 | $3.24 – $28.05 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $7.58 | $3.24 – $28.05 |