Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$11,378.21

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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$12,615.00

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.

$746.65 with KARNA vs $24,438.00 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 $746.65 ↓ -93%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -86%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,791.33 ↓ -84%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,270.70 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -79%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,447.31 ↓ -78%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -45%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,014.00 ↓ -38%
HORIZON SHP $8,000.00 ↓ -30%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↓ -26%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↓ -26%
HORIZON HMO $8,659.00 ↓ -24%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,750.00 ↓ -23%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,830.50 ↓ -22%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $8,830.50 ↓ -22%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $8,830.50 ↓ -22%
HORIZON PPO $8,885.00 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HMO $9,178.00 ↓ -19%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,461.25 ↓ -17%
HORIZON PIP $9,751.40 ↓ -14%
QUALCARE PPO $9,801.86 ↓ -14%
AETNA ASA $9,877.55 ↓ -13%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -13%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $10,092.00 ↓ -11%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $10,092.00 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10,411.22 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,411.22 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,411.22 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10,411.22 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,411.22 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,411.22 ↓ -8%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↓ -6%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,722.75 ↓ -6%
CIGNA PPO $10,771.00 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,822.00 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,838.81 ↓ -5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,931.78 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,378.21 ↑ +0%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $12,276.92 ↑ +8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $13,653.86 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,419.00 ↑ +62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24,438.00 ↑ +115%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $11,523.76 $11,523.76 – $13,828.52
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $12,260.88 $762.10 – $12,873.92
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $11,533.76 $762.10 – $11,533.76
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $11,523.76 $746.65 – $13,828.52
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $12,260.88 $762.10 – $13,364.36
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $11,533.76 $762.10 – $13,840.51
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $11,523.76 $746.65 – $13,828.52
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $11,378.21 $746.65 – $13,653.86

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