Scan proc cranial extra 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

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Cash price

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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.

$536.00

Gross charge

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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.

$76.11 with AETNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $76.11 —
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.48 —
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $103.98 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $109.34 —
HORIZON OMNIA $349.15 —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $351.61 —
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $375.20 —
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $375.20 —
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $375.20 —
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $402.00 —
HORIZON PIP $414.33 —
QUALCARE PPO $416.47 —
HORIZON SHP $417.92 —
AETNA ASA $419.69 —
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $428.80 —
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $428.80 —
HORIZON HMO $431.21 —
HORIZON INDEMNITY $436.30 —
HORIZON PPO $442.52 —
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $455.60 —
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $460.53 —
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $471.68 —
CIGNA PPO $485.03 —
CIGNA HMO $485.03 —
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $521.64 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 —
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,810.00 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,454.00 —
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 —
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 —
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 —
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Scan proc cranial extra at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $86.51 – $380.41
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $140.78 – $140.78
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $144.18 – $144.18
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $139.09 – $139.09
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $89.05 – $255.28
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $111.95 – $152.66
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $278.18 – $278.18
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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