Assay of glutathione 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

$15.45

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.

$168.00

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.

$13.20 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $163.50 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 $13.20 ↓ -15%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.45 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $15.45 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.45 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.45 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $15.45 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15.45 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.45 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.22 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $18.54 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.12 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $23.86 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $31.71 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $32.00 ↑ +107%
CIGNA HMO $70.80 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $70.80 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $83.33 ↑ +439%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $90.89 ↑ +488%
HORIZON OMNIA $109.44 ↑ +608%
AETNA HMO $115.58 ↑ +648%
AETNA PPO $115.58 ↑ +648%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $117.60 ↑ +661%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $117.60 ↑ +661%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $117.60 ↑ +661%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $120.42 ↑ +679%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $126.00 ↑ +716%
QUALCARE PPO $129.86 ↑ +741%
HORIZON PIP $129.86 ↑ +741%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $129.86 ↑ +741%
HORIZON SHP $130.99 ↑ +748%
AETNA ASA $131.54 ↑ +751%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $134.40 ↑ +770%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $134.40 ↑ +770%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $134.40 ↑ +770%
HORIZON HMO $135.16 ↑ +775%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $136.75 ↑ +785%
HORIZON PPO $138.70 ↑ +798%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↑ +824%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $144.35 ↑ +834%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $163.50 ↑ +958%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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