Vein x-ray skull epidural at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$675.68
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.
$2,462.00
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.
$234.52 with KARNA vs $2,396.02 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 | $234.52 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA | PPO | $276.29 | ↓ -59% |
| AETNA | HMO | $276.29 | ↓ -59% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $291.25 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $291.25 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $349.60 | ↓ -48% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $443.16 | ↓ -34% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $469.01 | ↓ -31% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $477.63 | ↓ -29% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.26 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $649.17 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $675.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $810.82 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $943.10 | ↑ +40% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,221.15 | ↑ +81% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,331.94 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,466.44 | ↑ +117% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,603.75 | ↑ +137% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,723.40 | ↑ +155% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,723.40 | ↑ +155% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,723.40 | ↑ +155% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,764.76 | ↑ +161% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,846.50 | ↑ +173% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,903.13 | ↑ +182% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,903.13 | ↑ +182% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,903.13 | ↑ +182% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,919.62 | ↑ +184% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,927.75 | ↑ +185% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,969.60 | ↑ +191% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,969.60 | ↑ +191% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,969.60 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,980.68 | ↑ +193% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,004.07 | ↑ +197% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,032.63 | ↑ +201% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,092.70 | ↑ +210% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,115.35 | ↑ +213% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,396.02 | ↑ +255% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $238.37 | $66.35 – $1,351.36 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $684.33 | $276.29 – $1,466.44 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $728.10 | $242.85 – $1,674.96 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $684.92 | $245.49 – $1,553.10 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $684.33 | $234.52 – $821.19 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $728.10 | $245.49 – $1,466.44 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $684.92 | $245.49 – $1,466.44 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $684.33 | $228.69 – $1,466.44 |