Blood gases ph venous 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

$11.00

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.

$321.00

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.

$5.72 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $312.40 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 $5.72 ↓ -48%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.00 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $13.20 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.33 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $22.58 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $45.58 ↑ +314%
CIGNA HMO $50.41 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $50.41 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $61.15 ↑ +456%
QUALCARE HMO $159.22 ↑ +1347%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $173.66 ↑ +1479%
HORIZON OMNIA $209.10 ↑ +1801%
AETNA PPO $220.85 ↑ +1908%
AETNA HMO $220.85 ↑ +1908%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $224.70 ↑ +1943%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $224.70 ↑ +1943%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $224.70 ↑ +1943%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $230.09 ↑ +1992%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $240.75 ↑ +2089%
QUALCARE PPO $248.13 ↑ +2156%
HORIZON PIP $248.13 ↑ +2156%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $248.13 ↑ +2156%
HORIZON SHP $250.28 ↑ +2175%
AETNA ASA $251.34 ↑ +2185%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $256.80 ↑ +2235%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $256.80 ↑ +2235%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $256.80 ↑ +2235%
HORIZON HMO $258.24 ↑ +2248%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $261.29 ↑ +2275%
HORIZON PPO $265.02 ↑ +2309%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $272.85 ↑ +2380%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $275.80 ↑ +2407%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $312.40 ↑ +2740%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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