Als 2 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

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Cash price

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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.

$5,158.00

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.

$350.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $5,019.77 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $350.00
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $732.44
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $928.44
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,000.65
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,045.24
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,185.05
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,860.28
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,552.22
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,630.28
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,836.37
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,038.06
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3,067.98
AETNA PPO $3,196.00
AETNA HMO $3,196.00
AETNA ASA $3,196.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,336.19
HORIZON OMNIA $3,359.92
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,551.80
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,551.80
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,551.80
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,554.89
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,697.25
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,868.50
HORIZON PIP $3,987.13
QUALCARE PPO $4,007.77
QUALCARE HMO $4,007.77
HORIZON SHP $4,021.69
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,059.20
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,059.20
HORIZON HMO $4,149.61
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,198.61
HORIZON PPO $4,258.44
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,431.75
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,539.04
CIGNA HMO $4,884.23
CIGNA PPO $4,884.23
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,019.77
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $1,669.00 – $1,669.00
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