Vein x-ray liver at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$3,439.84
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.
$6,794.00
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.
$226.43 with KARNA vs $7,747.94 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $226.43 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA | PPO | $251.33 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA | HMO | $251.33 | ↓ -93% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $283.83 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $283.83 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $943.10 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $964.75 | ↓ -72% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,222.92 | ↓ -64% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,294.26 | ↓ -62% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,318.04 | ↓ -62% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,147.50 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,147.50 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,147.50 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,147.50 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,147.50 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,147.50 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,304.88 | ↓ -4% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,369.82 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,439.84 | ↑ +0% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,675.55 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,127.81 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,425.61 | ↑ +29% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $4,755.80 | ↑ +38% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $4,755.80 | ↑ +38% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,755.80 | ↑ +38% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,869.94 | ↑ +42% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,095.50 | ↑ +48% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,251.76 | ↑ +53% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,251.76 | ↑ +53% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5,251.76 | ↑ +53% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,297.28 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,319.70 | ↑ +55% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $5,435.20 | ↑ +58% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $5,435.20 | ↑ +58% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,435.20 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,465.77 | ↑ +59% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,530.32 | ↑ +61% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,609.13 | ↑ +63% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,774.90 | ↑ +68% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,837.40 | ↑ +70% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,611.92 | ↑ +92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,747.94 | ↑ +125% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Vein x-ray liver at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $1,347.49 | $64.07 – $6,879.68 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $1,488.92 | $186.35 – $6,845.28 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $1,488.09 | $65.95 – $7,062.48 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,483.84 | $251.33 – $7,747.94 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,706.68 | $236.87 – $8,849.68 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,486.86 | $236.87 – $8,205.81 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,483.84 | $226.43 – $3,658.03 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $3,706.68 | $236.87 – $7,747.94 |