An cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$3,856.84

Cash price

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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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$4,730.00

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.

$141.24 with KARNA vs $14,134.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $141.24 ↓ -96%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $656.04 ↓ -83%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $831.60 ↓ -78%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $896.28 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↓ -42%
CIGNA PPO $2,519.00 ↓ -35%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,009.47 ↓ -22%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,311.00 ↓ -14%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,311.00 ↓ -14%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,311.00 ↓ -14%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,465.00 ↓ -10%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
HORIZON PIP $3,571.26 ↓ -7%
QUALCARE PPO $3,589.74 ↓ -7%
HORIZON SHP $3,602.21 ↓ -7%
AETNA ASA $3,617.46 ↓ -6%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,705.51 ↓ -4%
HORIZON HMO $3,716.79 ↓ -4%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,760.68 ↓ -2%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,784.00 ↓ -2%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,784.00 ↓ -2%
HORIZON PPO $3,814.27 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,927.00 ↑ +2%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,969.50 ↑ +3%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,065.60 ↑ +5%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,496.18 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,628.21 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +62%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +118%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +118%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +158%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +177%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,153.00 ↑ +189%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,134.00 ↑ +266%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,156.03 $145.45 – $4,363.83
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,909.56 $145.45 – $3,909.56
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,906.18 $141.24 – $4,687.41
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,156.03 $145.45 – $4,530.08
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,909.56 $145.45 – $4,691.48
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,906.18 $141.24 – $4,687.41
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,856.84 $141.24 – $4,628.21

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