Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$194.55
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.
$1,540.00
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.
$123.64 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,232.00 with PRIME HEALTH — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $123.64 | ↓ -36% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $192.94 | ↓ -1% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.55 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $195.25 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $196.28 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $233.47 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $247.50 | ↑ +27% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $255.26 | ↑ +31% |
| AETNA | PPO | $258.32 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | HMO | $258.32 | ↑ +33% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $266.75 | ↑ +37% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $293.37 | ↑ +51% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $364.07 | ↑ +87% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $364.07 | ↑ +87% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $483.42 | ↑ +148% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $682.00 | ↑ +251% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $743.88 | ↑ +282% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $895.68 | ↑ +360% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $985.60 | ↑ +407% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,031.25 | ↑ +430% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,062.88 | ↑ +446% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,068.38 | ↑ +449% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,072.09 | ↑ +451% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,076.63 | ↑ +453% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,078.00 | ↑ +454% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,078.00 | ↑ +454% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,078.00 | ↑ +454% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,100.00 | ↑ +465% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,106.19 | ↑ +469% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,119.25 | ↑ +475% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,135.20 | ↑ +484% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,168.75 | ↑ +501% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,190.42 | ↑ +512% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,232.00 | ↑ +533% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,232.00 | ↑ +533% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $215.10 | $72.23 – $505.24 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $242.83 | $84.41 – $505.24 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $237.68 | $84.41 – $505.24 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $275.47 | $84.41 – $505.24 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $238.71 | $74.35 – $505.24 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $238.13 | $84.41 – $505.24 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $250.74 | $84.41 – $505.24 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $123.64 – $483.42 |