Platelets each unit at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$83.02
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.
$446.00
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.
$63.33 with AETNA vs $4,009.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $63.33 | ↓ -24% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $75.96 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $75.96 | ↓ -9% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $75.96 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $75.96 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $75.96 | ↓ -9% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $75.96 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $79.76 | ↓ -4% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $80.28 | ↓ -3% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $83.02 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $86.52 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $99.62 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $262.69 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $290.52 | ↑ +250% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $312.20 | ↑ +276% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $312.20 | ↑ +276% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $312.20 | ↑ +276% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $319.69 | ↑ +285% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $334.50 | ↑ +303% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $344.76 | ↑ +315% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $346.54 | ↑ +317% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $346.54 | ↑ +317% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $347.75 | ↑ +319% |
| AETNA | ASA | $349.22 | ↑ +321% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $356.00 | ↑ +329% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $356.80 | ↑ +330% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $356.80 | ↑ +330% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $358.81 | ↑ +332% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $363.04 | ↑ +337% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $368.22 | ↑ +344% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $379.10 | ↑ +357% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $383.20 | ↑ +362% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $392.48 | ↑ +373% |
| AETNA | PPO | $399.93 | ↑ +382% |
| AETNA | HMO | $399.93 | ↑ +382% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $401.40 | ↑ +383% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $426.51 | ↑ +414% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $426.51 | ↑ +414% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $434.05 | ↑ +423% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,009.00 | ↑ +4729% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Platelets each unit at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $333.73 | $83.02 – $166.04 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $376.75 | $85.22 – $170.44 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $353.64 | $85.22 – $169.59 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $370.35 | $85.22 – $170.44 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $369.46 | $89.46 – $178.03 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $84.08 | $84.08 – $357.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $89.46 | $71.56 – $518.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $84.15 | $75.96 – $382.00 |