Nuclear rx intra-articular 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

$244.95

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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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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.

$143.55 with AETNA vs $675.85 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
AETNA HMO $143.55 ↓ -41%
AETNA PPO $143.55 ↓ -41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $196.39 ↓ -20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.46 ↓ -14%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.13 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.13 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.13 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.13 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $224.13 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.13 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $235.34 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $244.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $293.94 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $421.69 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $428.98 ↑ +75%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $477.94 ↑ +95%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $675.85 ↑ +176%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $675.85 ↑ +176%

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Nuclear rx intra-articular at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $248.08 $143.55 – $675.85
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $263.95 $107.93 – $771.95
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $248.30 $218.31 – $715.79
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $248.08 $149.49 – $766.96
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $263.95 $119.06 – $675.85
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $248.30 $143.55 – $675.85
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $248.08 $83.49 – $675.85
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $244.95 $159.25 – $675.85

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →