Ultrasound guide intraoperative at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
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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.
$970.00
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.
$137.74 with AETNA vs $933.72 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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $137.74 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $150.71 | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $174.60 | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $184.79 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $188.18 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $197.88 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $318.25 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $323.76 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $334.16 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $524.77 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $524.77 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $631.86 | — |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $679.00 | — |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $679.00 | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $679.00 | — |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $695.30 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $727.50 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $749.81 | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $749.81 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $749.81 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $749.81 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $756.31 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $759.51 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $776.00 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $776.00 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $780.37 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $789.58 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $800.83 | — |
| AETNA | PPO | $814.80 | — |
| AETNA | HMO | $814.80 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $824.50 | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $873.00 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $933.72 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $933.72 | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $195.58 | $101.08 – $301.90 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $210.20 | $116.21 – $223.77 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $141.61 | $116.21 – $224.20 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $206.63 | $104.06 – $223.77 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $216.52 | $116.21 – $223.77 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $227.98 | $116.21 – $223.77 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick | $211.59 | $116.21 – $223.77 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway | Rahway | $91.84 | $116.21 – $208.15 |