X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study 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.
$1,265.00
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.
$109.55 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,037.85 with MULTIPLAN - PHCS — 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 | $109.55 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $173.38 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $181.01 | ↓ -7% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $184.14 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.55 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | HMO | $218.39 | ↑ +12% |
| AETNA | PPO | $218.39 | ↑ +12% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $219.78 | ↑ +13% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $225.26 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $233.47 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $236.87 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $240.98 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $313.46 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $313.46 | ↑ +61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $483.42 | ↑ +148% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $605.62 | ↑ +211% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $660.56 | ↑ +240% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $795.36 | ↑ +309% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $875.21 | ↑ +350% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $885.50 | ↑ +355% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $885.50 | ↑ +355% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $885.50 | ↑ +355% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $915.75 | ↑ +371% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $943.83 | ↑ +385% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $948.72 | ↑ +388% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $952.01 | ↑ +389% |
| AETNA | ASA | $956.04 | ↑ +391% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $976.80 | ↑ +402% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $977.85 | ↑ +403% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $982.29 | ↑ +405% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $993.89 | ↑ +411% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,008.06 | ↑ +418% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,012.00 | ↑ +420% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,012.00 | ↑ +420% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,037.85 | ↑ +433% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $196.70 | $63.73 – $442.70 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $222.07 | $78.52 – $442.70 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $217.35 | $78.52 – $442.70 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $241.46 | $78.52 – $442.70 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $340.50 | $47.88 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $218.29 | $65.60 – $442.70 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $217.77 | $78.52 – $442.70 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $229.30 | $78.52 – $442.70 |