Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv 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

$3,474.84

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,939.00

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.

$309.49 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.49 ↓ -91%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $843.34 ↓ -76%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,069.02 ↓ -69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,115.00 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,152.17 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↓ -10%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,179.53 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,179.53 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,179.53 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,179.53 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,179.53 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,179.53 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,338.51 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,474.84 ↑ +0%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↑ +1%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,868.66 ↑ +11%
AETNA ASA $4,025.00 ↑ +16%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +16%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +16%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $4,157.30 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,157.30 ↑ +20%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $4,157.30 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,169.81 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,454.25 ↑ +28%
HORIZON PIP $4,590.85 ↑ +32%
QUALCARE PPO $4,614.60 ↑ +33%
HORIZON SHP $4,630.64 ↑ +33%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,751.20 ↑ +37%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,751.20 ↑ +37%
HORIZON HMO $4,777.93 ↑ +38%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,834.35 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PPO $4,903.24 ↑ +41%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,048.15 ↑ +45%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,102.79 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,226.32 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,779.83 ↑ +66%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +80%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +135%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +186%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +197%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +207%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,519.29 $3,519.29 – $4,223.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,744.41 $321.56 – $3,931.63
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,522.35 $123.54 – $3,522.35
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,519.29 $309.49 – $4,223.15
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,744.41 $321.56 – $4,081.40
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,522.35 $321.56 – $4,226.82
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,519.29 $309.49 – $4,223.15
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,474.84 $309.49 – $4,169.81

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