Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$439.15

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.

$877.00

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.

$112.03 with AMERIHEALTH vs $1,021.05 with OXFORD — 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
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $112.03 ↓ -74%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $113.97 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $124.53 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $137.48 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.94 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.86 ↓ -64%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $167.07 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $170.14 ↓ -61%
AETNA HMO $207.28 ↓ -53%
AETNA PPO $207.28 ↓ -53%
CIGNA PPO $263.49 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HMO $263.49 ↓ -40%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $401.83 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $401.83 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $421.92 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.15 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $526.98 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $571.28 ↑ +30%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $613.90 ↑ +40%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $613.90 ↑ +40%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $613.90 ↑ +40%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $628.63 ↑ +43%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $657.75 ↑ +50%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $677.92 ↑ +54%
HORIZON PIP $677.92 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE PPO $677.92 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE HMO $677.92 ↑ +54%
HORIZON SHP $683.80 ↑ +56%
AETNA ASA $686.69 ↑ +56%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $701.60 ↑ +60%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $701.60 ↑ +60%
HORIZON HMO $705.55 ↑ +61%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $713.88 ↑ +63%
HORIZON PPO $724.05 ↑ +65%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $745.45 ↑ +70%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $789.30 ↑ +80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +133%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $167.42 $42.42 – $878.30
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