CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Ocean Medical Center

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$381

about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $285–$522

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$379

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $381 This hospital $379 Cash price $253 Hospital's list price $4,023

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

Highest price of the 9 NJ hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $222 Priciest $379

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NJ hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a MRI, brain (no contrast) is about $381 (about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate). Ocean Medical Center charges insurers about $379, or about $253 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brick, NJ.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$254 - $951	104%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$264	108%
Aetnamajor	$242 - $3,336	99%
Cignamajor	$407 - $418	167%
Amerigroup	$242	99%
AmeriHealth	$945 - $961	388%
Clover Health	$733	301%
WellCare	$242 - $264	99%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$124 - $4,332

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 253), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 70551.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Ocean Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70551.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Ocean Medical Center

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.