Pet CT whole body initial 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

$1,594.06

Cash price

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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.

$12,650.00

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.

$1,458.59 with WELLCARE vs $10,120.00 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.

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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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,458.59 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,458.59 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,458.59 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,458.59 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,458.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,458.59 ↓ -8%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,483.90 ↓ -7%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,531.52 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,594.06 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,859.31 ↑ +17%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,881.00 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,912.88 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,027.30 ↑ +27%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,409.83 ↑ +51%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,990.55 ↑ +88%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,528.64 ↑ +121%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,589.68 ↑ +125%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,008.02 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,008.02 ↑ +151%
CIGNA HMO $4,009.56 ↑ +152%
CIGNA PPO $4,009.56 ↑ +152%
AETNA PPO $5,713.00 ↑ +258%
AETNA HMO $5,713.00 ↑ +258%
AETNA ASA $5,713.00 ↑ +258%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,807.13 ↑ +327%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $7,490.56 ↑ +370%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,837.50 ↑ +392%
HORIZON PIP $8,077.85 ↑ +407%
QUALCARE HMO $8,119.65 ↑ +409%
QUALCARE PPO $8,119.65 ↑ +409%
HORIZON SHP $8,147.87 ↑ +411%
HORIZON HMO $8,407.03 ↑ +427%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,506.30 ↑ +434%
HORIZON PPO $8,627.52 ↑ +441%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $8,855.00 ↑ +455%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $8,855.00 ↑ +455%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,855.00 ↑ +455%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,882.50 ↑ +457%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,196.00 ↑ +477%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,405.00 ↑ +490%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $10,120.00 ↑ +535%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $10,120.00 ↑ +535%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Pet CT whole body initial at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,614.45 $1,614.45 – $4,009.56
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,717.72 $1,374.18 – $6,637.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,615.86 $1,458.59 – $4,244.87
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,614.45 $1,614.45 – $4,548.34
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,615.86 $1,615.86 – $4,009.56
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,614.45 $1,614.45 – $4,009.56
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,594.06 $1,594.06 – $4,009.56

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