Air conduction bilat at Ocean University Medical Center

425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$140.87

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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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$279.00

Gross charge

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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.

$32.23 with AETNA vs $299.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $32.23 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.86 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $44.04 ↓ -69%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.82 ↓ -57%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.35 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $94.69 ↓ -33%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.00 ↓ -18%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.90 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $128.90 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.90 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.90 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $128.90 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $135.02 ↓ -4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.35 ↓ -4%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $139.50 ↓ -1%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $146.82 ↑ +4%
HORIZON OMNIA $147.87 ↑ +5%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $162.71 ↑ +16%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $167.40 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $169.05 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $169.91 ↑ +21%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $169.91 ↑ +21%
HORIZON PPO $169.91 ↑ +21%
HORIZON SHP $169.91 ↑ +21%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $170.25 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE PPO $176.38 ↑ +25%
QUALCARE HMO $176.38 ↑ +25%
AETNA ASA $177.74 ↑ +26%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $181.35 ↑ +29%
HORIZON HMO $182.62 ↑ +30%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $192.95 ↑ +37%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $192.95 ↑ +37%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $195.30 ↑ +39%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $195.30 ↑ +39%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $199.76 ↑ +42%
AETNA HMO $204.30 ↑ +45%
AETNA PPO $204.30 ↑ +45%
CIGNA PPO $217.08 ↑ +54%
CIGNA HMO $217.08 ↑ +54%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $223.20 ↑ +58%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $223.20 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $275.93 ↑ +96%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $275.93 ↑ +96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $299.00 ↑ +112%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $465.00
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $65.35 – $465.00
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