Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$1,770.73

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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$4,290.00

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.

$261.01 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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 $261.01 ↓ -85%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $609.18 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $772.20 ↓ -56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $832.26 ↓ -53%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,701.25 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,047.21 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,124.87 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,275.13 ↑ +28%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,526.81 ↑ +43%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,551.69 ↑ +44%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,821.10 ↑ +59%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,849.00 ↑ +61%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,849.00 ↑ +61%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,849.00 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,956.67 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↑ +77%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,217.50 ↑ +82%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,256.00 ↑ +84%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,256.00 ↑ +84%
HORIZON PIP $3,316.17 ↑ +87%
QUALCARE HMO $3,333.33 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE PPO $3,333.33 ↑ +88%
AETNA ASA $3,359.07 ↑ +90%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,459.50 ↑ +95%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↑ +98%
AETNA HMO $3,649.57 ↑ +106%
AETNA PPO $3,649.57 ↑ +106%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,685.97 ↑ +108%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,775.20 ↑ +113%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,861.00 ↑ +118%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,175.03 ↑ +136%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,347.00 ↑ +258%
HORIZON SHP $7,307.00 ↑ +313%
HORIZON HMO $7,840.00 ↑ +343%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,920.00 ↑ +347%
HORIZON PPO $8,045.00 ↑ +354%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +473%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,908.09 $268.61 – $2,003.50
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,794.93 $268.61 – $1,794.93
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,793.38 $261.01 – $2,152.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,908.09 $268.61 – $2,079.82
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,794.93 $268.61 – $2,153.92
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,793.38 $261.01 – $2,152.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,770.73 $261.01 – $2,124.87

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