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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$194.55
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.
$3,843.00
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.
$178.02 with AMERIGROUP vs $3,172.78 with HORIZON — 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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| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.55 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $233.47 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $372.95 | ↑ +92% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $431.16 | ↑ +122% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $431.16 | ↑ +122% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $434.32 | ↑ +123% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $434.32 | ↑ +123% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $545.71 | ↑ +180% |
| AETNA | PPO | $578.64 | ↑ +197% |
| AETNA | HMO | $578.64 | ↑ +197% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $587.50 | ↑ +202% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +234% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $663.06 | ↑ +241% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $691.74 | ↑ +256% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $714.00 | ↑ +267% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $775.74 | ↑ +299% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $789.16 | ↑ +306% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,762.00 | ↑ +806% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +971% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,158.80 | ↑ +1010% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,158.80 | ↑ +1010% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,159.44 | ↑ +1010% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,467.20 | ↑ +1168% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,467.20 | ↑ +1168% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,503.33 | ↑ +1187% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,590.56 | ↑ +1232% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,621.40 | ↑ +1247% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,651.67 | ↑ +1263% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,754.66 | ↑ +1316% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,882.25 | ↑ +1381% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,970.64 | ↑ +1427% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,996.39 | ↑ +1440% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,091.69 | ↑ +1489% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,128.20 | ↑ +1508% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,172.78 | ↑ +1531% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $197.04 – $3,266.55 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $209.65 | $167.72 – $3,036.82 |