Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$253.79

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$845.00

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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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$71.27 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $71.27 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $105.51 ↓ -58%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $133.74 ↓ -47%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $144.14 ↓ -43%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $232.22 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $232.22 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $232.22 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $232.22 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $232.22 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $232.22 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.83 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $253.79 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $304.55 ↑ +20%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $425.04 ↑ +67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $437.63 ↑ +72%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $441.94 ↑ +74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $472.36 ↑ +86%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $488.60 ↑ +93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $512.08 ↑ +102%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $557.25 ↑ +120%
HORIZON PIP $574.34 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE PPO $577.31 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE HMO $577.31 ↑ +127%
AETNA ASA $581.77 ↑ +129%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $591.50 ↑ +133%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $591.50 ↑ +133%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $591.50 ↑ +133%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $631.55 ↑ +149%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $638.39 ↑ +152%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $653.84 ↑ +158%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $668.70 ↑ +163%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $676.00 ↑ +166%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $676.00 ↑ +166%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $723.09 ↑ +185%
AETNA PPO $757.71 ↑ +199%
AETNA HMO $757.71 ↑ +199%
CIGNA HMO $764.64 ↑ +201%
CIGNA PPO $764.64 ↑ +201%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,347.00 ↑ +2401%
HORIZON SHP $7,307.00 ↑ +2779%
HORIZON HMO $7,840.00 ↑ +2989%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,920.00 ↑ +3021%
HORIZON PPO $8,045.00 ↑ +3070%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +3899%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $257.04 $257.04 – $308.44
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $273.48 $73.26 – $287.15
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $257.04 $71.27 – $308.44
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $253.79 $71.27 – $304.55

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