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Rapid Strep Test at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$16.53
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.
$83.00
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.
$11.79 with AETNA vs $80.78 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.79 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $13.20 | ↓ -20% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $15.81 | ↓ -4% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $16.53 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $17.36 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $19.84 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.53 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $33.93 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $41.17 | ↑ +149% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $44.90 | ↑ +172% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $54.07 | ↑ +227% |
| AETNA | PPO | $57.10 | ↑ +245% |
| AETNA | HMO | $57.10 | ↑ +245% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $58.10 | ↑ +251% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $58.10 | ↑ +251% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $58.10 | ↑ +251% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $59.49 | ↑ +260% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $62.25 | ↑ +277% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $64.16 | ↑ +288% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $64.16 | ↑ +288% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $64.16 | ↑ +288% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $64.72 | ↑ +292% |
| AETNA | ASA | $64.99 | ↑ +293% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $66.40 | ↑ +302% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $66.40 | ↑ +302% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $66.40 | ↑ +302% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $66.77 | ↑ +304% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $67.56 | ↑ +309% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $68.52 | ↑ +315% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $70.55 | ↑ +327% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $71.31 | ↑ +331% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $75.75 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $75.75 | ↑ +358% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $80.78 | ↑ +389% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Rapid Strep Test at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $33.20 | $12.04 – $12.04 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $16.53 | $16.53 – $71.31 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $16.53 | $13.22 – $83.00 |