Application of body cast at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$290.25
Cash price 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.
$631.00
Gross charge 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.
$89.60 with AETNA vs $3,349.00 with HORIZON — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $89.60 | ↓ -69% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $113.58 | ↓ -61% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $122.41 | ↓ -58% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $265.58 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.58 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.58 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.58 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.58 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $265.58 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $278.86 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $290.25 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $348.30 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $368.00 | ↑ +27% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $376.85 | ↑ +30% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $414.95 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $434.89 | ↑ +50% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $441.70 | ↑ +52% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $441.70 | ↑ +52% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $441.70 | ↑ +52% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $487.76 | ↑ +68% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $490.29 | ↑ +69% |
| AETNA | ASA | $494.07 | ↑ +70% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $504.80 | ↑ +74% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $504.80 | ↑ +74% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $536.35 | ↑ +85% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $555.28 | ↑ +91% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,349.00 | ↑ +1054% |
| HORIZON | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Application of body cast at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $293.96 | $293.96 – $368.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $312.76 | $250.21 – $389.91 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $294.21 | $190.68 – $389.91 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $293.96 | $293.96 – $376.85 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $312.76 | $312.76 – $389.91 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $294.21 | $238.35 – $795.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $293.96 | $293.96 – $376.85 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $290.25 | $290.25 – $376.85 |