Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$27.05
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.
$237.00
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.
$27.05 with WELLCARE vs $230.65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.40 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $32.46 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $33.65 | ↑ +24% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $35.23 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $44.48 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $45.15 | ↑ +67% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $55.52 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $117.55 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $123.95 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $123.95 | ↑ +358% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $128.22 | ↑ +374% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $154.38 | ↑ +471% |
| AETNA | HMO | $163.06 | ↑ +503% |
| AETNA | PPO | $163.06 | ↑ +503% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $165.90 | ↑ +513% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $165.90 | ↑ +513% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $165.90 | ↑ +513% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $169.88 | ↑ +528% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $177.75 | ↑ +557% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $183.20 | ↑ +577% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $184.15 | ↑ +581% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $184.79 | ↑ +583% |
| AETNA | ASA | $185.57 | ↑ +586% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $189.60 | ↑ +601% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $189.60 | ↑ +601% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $189.60 | ↑ +601% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $190.67 | ↑ +605% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $192.92 | ↑ +613% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $195.67 | ↑ +623% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.45 | ↑ +645% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $203.63 | ↑ +653% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $208.56 | ↑ +671% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $230.65 | ↑ +753% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $27.05 | $27.05 – $123.95 |