Alt/sgpt 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

$5.30

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.

$131.00

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.

$3.30 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $36.01 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $3.30 ↓ -38%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5.25 ↓ -1%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.30 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.30 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.30 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.30 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.30 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.30 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.57 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.36 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.90 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7.05 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.88 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $18.35 ↑ +246%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $20.02 ↑ +278%
HORIZON OMNIA $24.10 ↑ +355%
CIGNA PPO $24.29 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $24.29 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $25.46 ↑ +380%
AETNA PPO $25.46 ↑ +380%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $25.90 ↑ +389%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $25.90 ↑ +389%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $25.90 ↑ +389%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $26.52 ↑ +400%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $27.75 ↑ +424%
QUALCARE PPO $28.60 ↑ +440%
HORIZON PIP $28.60 ↑ +440%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $28.60 ↑ +440%
HORIZON SHP $28.85 ↑ +444%
AETNA ASA $28.97 ↑ +447%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $29.60 ↑ +458%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $29.60 ↑ +458%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $29.60 ↑ +458%
HORIZON HMO $29.77 ↑ +462%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $30.12 ↑ +468%
HORIZON PPO $30.55 ↑ +476%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $31.45 ↑ +493%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $31.79 ↑ +500%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $36.01 ↑ +579%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Alt/sgpt at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5.30 $5.30 – $24.29
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $5.30 $4.24 – $23.80
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $5.30 $3.30 – $24.94
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $5.30 $4.24 – $24.29
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $5.30 $4.92 – $24.29
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $5.30 $5.30 – $24.29
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $5.30 $3.45 – $24.29
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $5.30 $5.30 – $24.29

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