#cbg+cort-cbg 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

$18.00

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.

$260.00

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.

$6.53 with AETNA vs $82.48 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6.53 ↓ -64%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $8.76 ↓ -51%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.00 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.90 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $21.60 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $22.82 ↑ +27%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.45 ↑ +30%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $24.89 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.40 ↑ +47%
HORIZON OMNIA $29.96 ↑ +66%
AETNA PPO $31.65 ↑ +76%
AETNA HMO $31.65 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $32.20 ↑ +79%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $32.20 ↑ +79%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $32.20 ↑ +79%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $32.97 ↑ +83%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $34.50 ↑ +92%
QUALCARE PPO $35.56 ↑ +98%
HORIZON PIP $35.56 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $35.56 ↑ +98%
HORIZON SHP $35.87 ↑ +99%
AETNA ASA $36.02 ↑ +100%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $36.80 ↑ +104%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $36.80 ↑ +104%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $36.80 ↑ +104%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36.95 ↑ +105%
HORIZON HMO $37.01 ↑ +106%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $37.44 ↑ +108%
HORIZON PPO $37.98 ↑ +111%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $39.10 ↑ +117%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $39.52 ↑ +120%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $44.77 ↑ +149%
CIGNA HMO $82.48 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $82.48 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $18.00 $18.00 – $82.48
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