MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$390.30

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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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$5,159.00

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.

$357.13 with WELLCARE vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $357.13 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.13 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.13 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.13 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.13 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $357.13 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $374.99 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $468.36 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $640.09 ↑ +64%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $702.76 ↑ +80%
CIGNA HMO $778.92 ↑ +100%
CIGNA PPO $778.92 ↑ +100%
AETNA PPO $867.90 ↑ +122%
AETNA HMO $867.90 ↑ +122%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $890.82 ↑ +128%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $895.45 ↑ +129%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $895.45 ↑ +129%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +144%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $960.11 ↑ +146%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $982.79 ↑ +152%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,531.59 ↑ +292%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,558.09 ↑ +299%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +434%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,159.44 ↑ +453%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,223.78 ↑ +726%
QUALCARE PPO $3,291.00 ↑ +743%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,414.81 ↑ +775%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,547.44 ↑ +809%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,611.30 ↑ +825%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,611.30 ↑ +825%
HORIZON PIP $3,825.58 ↑ +880%
HORIZON SHP $3,858.74 ↑ +889%
AETNA ASA $3,875.07 ↑ +893%
HORIZON HMO $3,981.47 ↑ +920%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,028.49 ↑ +932%
HORIZON PPO $4,085.89 ↑ +947%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,127.20 ↑ +957%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,127.20 ↑ +957%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,206.65 ↑ +978%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +1010%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $880.12 $181.09 – $1,452.87
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,016.69 $400.67 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $972.49 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $845.52 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $2,209.00 $489.41 – $489.41
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $999.42 $186.42 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $974.37 $234.35 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,025.95 $326.00 – $2,072.00

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