Tc-99m bicisate 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

$683.80

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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$7,296.30

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.

$649.92 with KARNA vs $6,566.67 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $649.92 ↓ -5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $683.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $683.80 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $683.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $683.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $683.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $683.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $683.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $717.99 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $820.56 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,313.33 ↑ +92%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,122.49 ↑ +210%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,321.68 ↑ +240%
QUALCARE HMO $3,414.67 ↑ +399%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,575.19 ↑ +423%
CIGNA HMO $3,611.67 ↑ +428%
CIGNA PPO $3,611.67 ↑ +428%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,648.15 ↑ +434%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3,648.15 ↑ +434%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,757.59 ↑ +450%
QUALCARE PPO $3,757.59 ↑ +450%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,947.30 ↑ +477%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,947.30 ↑ +477%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,297.52 ↑ +528%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4,339.84 ↑ +535%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,377.78 ↑ +540%
AETNA HMO $4,523.71 ↑ +562%
AETNA PPO $4,523.71 ↑ +562%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,752.81 ↑ +595%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,229.99 ↑ +665%
HORIZON PIP $5,640.04 ↑ +725%
HORIZON SHP $5,688.93 ↑ +732%
AETNA ASA $5,713.00 ↑ +735%
HORIZON HMO $5,869.87 ↑ +758%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,939.19 ↑ +769%
HORIZON PPO $6,023.83 ↑ +781%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,201.86 ↑ +807%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,201.86 ↑ +807%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,566.67 ↑ +860%

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Tc-99m bicisate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $683.80 $683.80 – $820.56
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $683.80 $547.04 – $717.99
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $683.80 $663.64 – $717.99
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $683.80 $649.92 – $820.56
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $683.80 $663.64 – $745.34
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $683.80 $663.64 – $820.56
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $683.80 $649.92 – $820.56
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $683.80 $649.92 – $820.56

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