Pet image skull-thigh at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,594.06
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.
$4,247.00
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.
$603.07 with AETNA vs $4,009.56 with CIGNA — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $603.07 | ↓ -62% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $764.46 | ↓ -52% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $809.05 | ↓ -49% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $823.92 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,447.32 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,458.59 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,458.59 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,458.59 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,458.59 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,458.59 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,458.59 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,531.52 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,594.06 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,912.88 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,766.50 | ↑ +74% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,884.17 | ↑ +81% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,934.07 | ↑ +84% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,972.90 | ↑ +86% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,972.90 | ↑ +86% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,972.90 | ↑ +86% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,018.45 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,044.25 | ↑ +91% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,185.25 | ↑ +100% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,282.93 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,282.93 | ↑ +106% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,282.93 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,282.93 | ↑ +106% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,311.39 | ↑ +108% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,325.40 | ↑ +109% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,397.60 | ↑ +113% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,397.60 | ↑ +113% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,416.71 | ↑ +114% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,457.06 | ↑ +117% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,506.32 | ↑ +120% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,609.95 | ↑ +126% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,822.30 | ↑ +140% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,822.30 | ↑ +140% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,822.30 | ↑ +140% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,008.02 | ↑ +151% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,008.02 | ↑ +151% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,009.56 | ↑ +152% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,009.56 | ↑ +152% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Pet image skull-thigh at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,614.45 | $1,447.32 – $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 | $1,447.32 – $4,548.34 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,717.72 | $1,717.72 – $4,009.56 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,615.86 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,614.45 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,594.06 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |