Assay acid phosphatase 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

$7.64

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.

$330.00

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.

$3.96 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $35.01 with CIGNA — 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 $3.96 ↓ -48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3.98 ↓ -48%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $5.33 ↓ -30%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.64 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.64 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.64 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.02 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9.17 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.95 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $13.89 ↑ +82%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15.15 ↑ +98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15.68 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $18.24 ↑ +139%
AETNA PPO $19.26 ↑ +152%
AETNA HMO $19.26 ↑ +152%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $19.60 ↑ +157%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $19.60 ↑ +157%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $19.60 ↑ +157%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $20.07 ↑ +163%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $21.00 ↑ +175%
QUALCARE PPO $21.64 ↑ +183%
HORIZON PIP $21.64 ↑ +183%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $21.64 ↑ +183%
HORIZON SHP $21.83 ↑ +186%
AETNA ASA $21.92 ↑ +187%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $22.40 ↑ +193%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $22.40 ↑ +193%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $22.40 ↑ +193%
HORIZON HMO $22.53 ↑ +195%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $22.79 ↑ +198%
HORIZON PPO $23.12 ↑ +203%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $23.80 ↑ +212%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $24.06 ↑ +215%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $27.25 ↑ +257%
CIGNA HMO $35.01 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $35.01 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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