Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$10.50

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.

$83.00

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.

$3.55 with AETNA vs $48.11 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.

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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3.55 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.76 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.22 ↓ -12%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $10.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10.50 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.50 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.50 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.03 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE HMO $12.40 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $12.60 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13.53 ↑ +29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.68 ↑ +30%
HORIZON OMNIA $16.29 ↑ +55%
AETNA PPO $17.20 ↑ +64%
AETNA HMO $17.20 ↑ +64%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $17.50 ↑ +67%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $17.50 ↑ +67%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $17.50 ↑ +67%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $17.92 ↑ +71%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $18.75 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE PPO $19.33 ↑ +84%
HORIZON PIP $19.33 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $19.33 ↑ +84%
HORIZON SHP $19.49 ↑ +86%
AETNA ASA $19.58 ↑ +86%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $20.00 ↑ +90%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $20.00 ↑ +90%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $20.00 ↑ +90%
HORIZON HMO $20.11 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $20.35 ↑ +94%
HORIZON PPO $20.64 ↑ +97%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $21.25 ↑ +102%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $21.48 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $21.55 ↑ +105%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $24.33 ↑ +132%
CIGNA HMO $48.11 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $48.11 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $11.55 $4.94 – $42.74
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $11.55 $4.94 – $42.74
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