Cell cryopreserve/storage 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

$13.07

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.

$278.00

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.

$8.53 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $270.55 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 $8.53 ↓ -35%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.72 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $15.68 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.02 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $26.83 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $39.48 ↑ +202%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $52.96 ↑ +305%
CIGNA PPO $59.89 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $59.89 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $137.89 ↑ +955%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $150.40 ↑ +1051%
HORIZON OMNIA $181.09 ↑ +1286%
AETNA PPO $191.26 ↑ +1363%
AETNA HMO $191.26 ↑ +1363%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $194.60 ↑ +1389%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $194.60 ↑ +1389%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $194.60 ↑ +1389%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $199.27 ↑ +1425%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $208.50 ↑ +1495%
QUALCARE PPO $214.89 ↑ +1544%
HORIZON PIP $214.89 ↑ +1544%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $214.89 ↑ +1544%
HORIZON SHP $216.76 ↑ +1558%
AETNA ASA $217.67 ↑ +1565%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $222.40 ↑ +1602%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $222.40 ↑ +1602%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $222.40 ↑ +1602%
HORIZON HMO $223.65 ↑ +1611%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $226.29 ↑ +1631%
HORIZON PPO $229.52 ↑ +1656%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $236.30 ↑ +1708%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $238.86 ↑ +1728%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $270.55 ↑ +1970%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Cell cryopreserve/storage at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13.07 $8.50 – $58.69
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $13.07 $8.53 – $61.51
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $13.07 $10.46 – $59.89
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $13.07 $9.38 – $59.89
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $13.07 $6.58 – $59.89
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89

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