Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$64.92
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.
$289.00
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.
$25.60 with KARNA vs $623.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $25.60 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $41.04 | ↓ -37% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $52.02 | ↓ -20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $56.07 | ↓ -14% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $59.40 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $59.40 | ↓ -9% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $59.40 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $59.40 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $59.40 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $59.40 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.37 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $64.92 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $77.90 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $170.22 | ↑ +162% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $171.90 | ↑ +165% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $188.25 | ↑ +190% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $191.10 | ↑ +194% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $191.10 | ↑ +194% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $191.10 | ↑ +194% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $207.16 | ↑ +219% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $216.75 | ↑ +234% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $218.40 | ↑ +236% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $218.40 | ↑ +236% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $223.40 | ↑ +244% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $224.55 | ↑ +246% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $224.55 | ↑ +246% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $225.33 | ↑ +247% |
| AETNA | ASA | $226.29 | ↑ +249% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $232.05 | ↑ +257% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $232.50 | ↑ +258% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $235.25 | ↑ +262% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $238.60 | ↑ +268% |
| AETNA | PPO | $244.80 | ↑ +277% |
| AETNA | HMO | $244.80 | ↑ +277% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $248.31 | ↑ +282% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $254.32 | ↑ +292% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $260.10 | ↑ +301% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $262.79 | ↑ +305% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $262.79 | ↑ +305% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $281.25 | ↑ +333% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $389.00 | ↑ +499% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $623.00 | ↑ +860% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $55.72 | $66.64 – $133.28 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $54.54 | $64.92 – $129.19 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $51.91 | $66.64 – $132.61 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $54.78 | $8.06 – $133.28 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $54.65 | $10.14 – $139.20 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $57.54 | $65.75 – $130.84 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $65.75 | $65.75 – $910.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $69.95 | $26.92 – $5,456.00 |