Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$768.94

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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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$1,253.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $10,671.00 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.

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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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.74 ↓ -87%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $177.93 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.54 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $243.08 ↓ -68%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $703.59 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $703.59 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $738.77 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $768.94 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $816.20 ↑ +6%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $877.10 ↑ +14%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $877.10 ↑ +14%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $877.10 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $922.73 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $939.75 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PIP $968.57 ↑ +26%
QUALCARE PPO $973.58 ↑ +27%
HORIZON SHP $976.96 ↑ +27%
AETNA ASA $981.10 ↑ +28%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,002.40 ↑ +30%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,002.40 ↑ +30%
HORIZON HMO $1,008.04 ↑ +31%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,019.94 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PPO $1,034.48 ↑ +35%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,065.05 ↑ +39%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,076.58 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,102.64 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,219.42 ↑ +59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↑ +105%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +423%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +423%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,090.00 ↑ +432%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,092.00 ↑ +562%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +714%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1192%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +1288%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $828.59 $100.41 – $870.02
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $779.45 $100.41 – $779.45
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $828.59 $100.41 – $903.16
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $779.45 $100.41 – $935.34
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $778.78 $97.74 – $934.53
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $768.94 $97.74 – $922.73

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