Placental lactogen at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$20.22
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.
$187.00
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.
$17.60 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $181.99 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 | $17.60 | ↓ -13% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.22 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.23 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $24.26 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.34 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.55 | ↑ +31% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $35.62 | ↑ +76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $41.50 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $92.66 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $92.66 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $92.75 | ↑ +359% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $101.17 | ↑ +400% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $121.81 | ↑ +502% |
| AETNA | HMO | $128.66 | ↑ +536% |
| AETNA | PPO | $128.66 | ↑ +536% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $130.90 | ↑ +547% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $130.90 | ↑ +547% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $130.90 | ↑ +547% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $134.04 | ↑ +563% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $140.25 | ↑ +594% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $144.55 | ↑ +615% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $144.55 | ↑ +615% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $144.55 | ↑ +615% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $145.80 | ↑ +621% |
| AETNA | ASA | $146.42 | ↑ +624% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $149.60 | ↑ +640% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $149.60 | ↑ +640% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $149.60 | ↑ +640% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $150.44 | ↑ +644% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $152.22 | ↑ +653% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $154.39 | ↑ +664% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $158.95 | ↑ +686% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $160.67 | ↑ +695% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $181.99 | ↑ +800% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Placental lactogen at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $22.24 | $9.50 – $95.26 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $22.24 | $9.50 – $82.79 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $22.24 | $9.50 – $82.79 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $22.24 | $9.50 – $82.79 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $22.24 | $9.50 – $82.79 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $22.24 | $9.50 – $82.79 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $22.24 | $9.50 – $82.79 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $20.22 | $20.22 – $92.66 |