Bx soft tissue back/flank supf 21920 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

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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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$4,266.00

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.

$323.55 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 $323.55 ↓ -82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $605.77 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $767.88 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $827.60 ↓ -53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $848.00 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -33%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,701.25 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,124.87 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↑ +27%
CIGNA PPO $2,519.00 ↑ +42%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,778.87 ↑ +57%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,986.20 ↑ +69%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,986.20 ↑ +69%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,986.20 ↑ +69%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,199.50 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PIP $3,297.62 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE PPO $3,314.68 ↑ +87%
HORIZON SHP $3,326.20 ↑ +88%
AETNA ASA $3,340.28 ↑ +89%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,412.80 ↑ +93%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,412.80 ↑ +93%
HORIZON HMO $3,432.00 ↑ +94%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,472.52 ↑ +96%
HORIZON PPO $3,522.01 ↑ +99%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,626.10 ↑ +105%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,665.35 ↑ +107%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,754.08 ↑ +112%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +127%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +127%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,090.00 ↑ +131%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,151.67 ↑ +134%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,092.00 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +253%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +461%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +503%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bx soft tissue back/flank supf 21920 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 $335.25 – $2,003.50
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,794.93 $113.40 – $1,794.93
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,793.38 $323.55 – $2,152.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,908.09 $335.25 – $2,079.82
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,794.93 $335.25 – $2,153.92
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,793.38 $323.55 – $2,152.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,770.73 $323.55 – $2,124.87

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