Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) 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.
$930.00
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.
$98.19 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $767.81 with HORIZON — 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 | $98.19 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $132.06 | ↓ -32% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $150.69 | ↓ -23% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $153.16 | ↓ -21% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $155.81 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $167.40 | ↓ -14% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $170.07 | ↓ -13% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.55 | ↑ +0% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $229.97 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $233.47 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | HMO | $284.27 | ↑ +46% |
| AETNA | PPO | $284.27 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $388.80 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $388.80 | ↑ +100% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $461.28 | ↑ +137% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $483.42 | ↑ +148% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $503.13 | ↑ +159% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $553.70 | ↑ +185% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $553.70 | ↑ +185% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $553.70 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $605.80 | ↑ +211% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $611.44 | ↑ +214% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $611.44 | ↑ +214% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $632.80 | ↑ +225% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $632.80 | ↑ +225% |
| AETNA | ASA | $664.44 | ↑ +242% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $666.62 | ↑ +243% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $672.35 | ↑ +246% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $697.50 | ↑ +259% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $718.89 | ↑ +270% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $725.12 | ↑ +273% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $744.00 | ↑ +282% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $748.19 | ↑ +285% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $757.02 | ↑ +289% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $767.81 | ↑ +295% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $195.58 | $65.07 – $519.12 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $166.97 | $66.47 – $519.12 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $216.11 | $66.47 – $519.12 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $170.25 | $66.47 – $519.12 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $363.00 | $40.53 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $164.14 | $66.47 – $519.12 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $216.52 | $66.47 – $519.12 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $227.98 | $66.47 – $519.12 |