Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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

$6.14

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$90.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.98 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $87.59 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1.98 ↓ -68%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.14 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.14 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.45 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7.37 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.00 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $12.60 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $12.78 ↑ +108%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $17.15 ↑ +179%
CIGNA PPO $28.14 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $28.14 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $44.64 ↑ +627%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $48.69 ↑ +693%
HORIZON OMNIA $58.63 ↑ +855%
AETNA PPO $61.92 ↑ +908%
AETNA HMO $61.92 ↑ +908%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $63.00 ↑ +926%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $63.00 ↑ +926%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $63.00 ↑ +926%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $64.51 ↑ +951%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $67.50 ↑ +999%
QUALCARE PPO $69.57 ↑ +1033%
HORIZON PIP $69.57 ↑ +1033%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $69.57 ↑ +1033%
HORIZON SHP $70.17 ↑ +1043%
AETNA ASA $70.47 ↑ +1048%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $72.00 ↑ +1073%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $72.00 ↑ +1073%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $72.00 ↑ +1073%
HORIZON HMO $72.41 ↑ +1079%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $73.26 ↑ +1093%
HORIZON PPO $74.30 ↑ +1110%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +1146%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $77.33 ↑ +1159%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $87.59 ↑ +1327%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Rheumatoid factor qualitative at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Community Medical Center Toms River $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $6.75 $2.89 – $25.36
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6.14 $6.14 – $28.14

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →