Change gastric port open 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

$4,001.00

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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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$7,404.00

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.

$975.05 with KARNA vs $14,134.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $975.05 ↓ -76%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,051.37 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,332.72 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,436.38 ↓ -64%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↓ -22%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↓ -12%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,660.97 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,660.97 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,660.97 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,660.97 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,660.97 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,660.97 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,844.02 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,001.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,801.20 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,822.97 ↑ +21%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,182.80 ↑ +30%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,182.80 ↑ +30%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,182.80 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,553.00 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PIP $5,723.29 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE PPO $5,752.91 ↑ +44%
HORIZON SHP $5,772.90 ↑ +44%
AETNA ASA $5,797.33 ↑ +45%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $5,923.20 ↑ +48%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $5,923.20 ↑ +48%
HORIZON HMO $5,956.52 ↑ +49%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,026.86 ↑ +51%
HORIZON PPO $6,112.74 ↑ +53%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +56%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,293.40 ↑ +57%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,361.52 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,515.52 ↑ +63%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,205.57 ↑ +80%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +148%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +167%
AETNA PPO $10,692.00 ↑ +167%
AETNA HMO $10,692.00 ↑ +167%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,153.00 ↑ +179%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,134.00 ↑ +253%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Change gastric port open at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,052.18 $4,052.18 – $4,862.62
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,311.38 $1,005.83 – $4,526.95
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $4,055.70 $323.66 – $4,055.70
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $4,052.18 $975.05 – $4,862.62
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,311.38 $1,005.83 – $4,699.40
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $4,055.70 $1,005.83 – $4,866.83
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,052.18 $975.05 – $4,862.62
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4,001.00 $975.05 – $4,801.20

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