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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,426.73
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.
$7,275.00
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.
$696.53 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $5,820.00 with PRIME HEALTH — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $696.53 | ↓ -51% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $799.52 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $906.10 | ↓ -36% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,014.43 | ↓ -29% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,031.98 | ↓ -28% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,148.58 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,150.74 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,150.74 | ↓ -19% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,237.91 | ↓ -13% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,305.48 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,305.48 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,305.48 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,305.48 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,305.48 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,305.48 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,370.75 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,385.89 | ↓ -3% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,426.73 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,444.85 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,444.85 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,712.08 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,535.83 | ↑ +148% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,535.83 | ↑ +148% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,156.58 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,573.90 | ↑ +221% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,785.75 | ↑ +235% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,932.51 | ↑ +246% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,958.04 | ↑ +248% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,958.04 | ↑ +248% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,975.27 | ↑ +249% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,996.32 | ↑ +250% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $5,092.50 | ↑ +257% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $5,092.50 | ↑ +257% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,092.50 | ↑ +257% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,133.51 | ↑ +260% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,194.13 | ↑ +264% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,268.15 | ↑ +269% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,423.85 | ↑ +280% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,615.28 | ↑ +294% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,742.90 | ↑ +303% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $5,820.00 | ↑ +308% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $5,820.00 | ↑ +308% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,444.98 | $696.53 – $5,742.90 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,537.41 | $249.77 – $4,038.62 |