Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$340.32

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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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$813.00

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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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$104.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $908.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $115.45 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $146.34 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $157.72 ↓ -54%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $177.23 ↓ -48%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↓ -47%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↓ -45%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.39 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $275.93 ↓ -19%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $311.40 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $311.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $326.97 ↓ -4%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $406.50 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $408.39 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $483.57 ↑ +42%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $487.80 ↑ +43%
HORIZON PIP $495.12 ↑ +45%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $495.12 ↑ +45%
HORIZON OMNIA $495.12 ↑ +45%
HORIZON PPO $495.12 ↑ +45%
HORIZON SHP $495.12 ↑ +45%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $528.45 ↑ +55%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $569.10 ↑ +67%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $569.10 ↑ +67%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $569.10 ↑ +67%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $609.75 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE PPO $631.70 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE HMO $631.70 ↑ +86%
AETNA ASA $636.58 ↑ +87%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $650.40 ↑ +91%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $650.40 ↑ +91%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $691.05 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $698.53 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $715.44 ↑ +110%
AETNA HMO $729.02 ↑ +114%
AETNA PPO $729.02 ↑ +114%
CIGNA HMO $777.47 ↑ +128%
CIGNA PPO $777.47 ↑ +128%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $791.21 ↑ +132%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $872.00 ↑ +156%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $908.00 ↑ +167%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $273.77 $131.29 – $698.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $249.36 $89.26 – $729.77
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $344.68 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $235.35 – $4,692.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $344.98 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $344.68 $225.39 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $366.72 $155.81 – $1,301.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $344.98 $197.73 – $1,225.00

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