Liver imaging at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$588.26
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.
$2,338.00
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.
$177.13 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,104.20 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 | $177.13 | ↓ -70% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $230.73 | ↓ -61% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $234.73 | ↓ -60% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $327.00 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $332.00 | ↓ -44% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.84 | ↓ -28% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $445.39 | ↓ -24% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $453.57 | ↓ -23% |
| AETNA | HMO | $490.54 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA | PPO | $490.54 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $538.27 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $538.27 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $538.27 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $538.27 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $538.27 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $538.27 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $565.18 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $588.26 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $617.89 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $617.89 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $705.92 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,325.05 | ↑ +125% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,325.05 | ↑ +125% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,522.97 | ↑ +159% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,636.60 | ↑ +178% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,636.60 | ↑ +178% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,636.60 | ↑ +178% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,675.88 | ↑ +185% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,753.50 | ↑ +198% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,807.27 | ↑ +207% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,807.27 | ↑ +207% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,807.27 | ↑ +207% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,807.27 | ↑ +207% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,822.94 | ↑ +210% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,830.65 | ↑ +211% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,870.40 | ↑ +218% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,870.40 | ↑ +218% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,880.92 | ↑ +220% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,903.13 | ↑ +224% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,930.25 | ↑ +228% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,987.30 | ↑ +238% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,104.20 | ↑ +258% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Liver imaging at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $422.74 | $87.17 – $1,207.80 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $413.76 | $87.17 – $1,170.64 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $396.80 | $87.17 – $1,201.76 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $436.50 | $87.17 – $1,185.62 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $595.79 | $177.13 – $1,325.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $633.90 | $79.02 – $1,513.47 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $596.31 | $206.32 – $1,403.35 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $595.79 | $177.13 – $1,503.68 |