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Thyroid (TSH) Test at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$16.80
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.
$286.00
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.
$6.53 with AETNA vs $76.98 with CIGNA — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.53 | ↓ -61% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.76 | ↓ -48% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $17.64 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $20.13 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $20.16 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.88 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $22.82 | ↑ +36% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $24.89 | ↑ +48% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $29.96 | ↑ +78% |
| AETNA | PPO | $31.65 | ↑ +88% |
| AETNA | HMO | $31.65 | ↑ +88% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $32.20 | ↑ +92% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $32.20 | ↑ +92% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $32.20 | ↑ +92% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $32.97 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $34.48 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $34.50 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $35.56 | ↑ +112% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $35.56 | ↑ +112% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $35.56 | ↑ +112% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $35.87 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA | ASA | $36.02 | ↑ +114% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $36.80 | ↑ +119% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $36.80 | ↑ +119% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $36.80 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $37.01 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $37.44 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $37.98 | ↑ +126% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.10 | ↑ +133% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $39.52 | ↑ +135% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $44.77 | ↑ +166% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $76.98 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $76.98 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Thyroid (TSH) Test at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $106.40 | $38.57 – $149.49 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $16.80 | $16.80 – $39.52 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $16.80 | $11.55 – $46.00 |