Chemical peel nonfacial; epidermal 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

$668.98

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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$1,276.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA 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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $181.19 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $229.68 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $247.54 ↓ -63%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $445.33 ↓ -33%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $612.13 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $612.13 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $612.13 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $612.13 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $612.13 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $612.13 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $642.74 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $668.98 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $802.78 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $831.19 ↑ +24%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $893.20 ↑ +34%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $893.20 ↑ +34%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $893.20 ↑ +34%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $957.00 ↑ +43%
HORIZON PIP $986.35 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE PPO $991.45 ↑ +48%
HORIZON SHP $994.90 ↑ +49%
AETNA ASA $999.11 ↑ +49%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,020.80 ↑ +53%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,020.80 ↑ +53%
HORIZON HMO $1,026.54 ↑ +53%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,038.66 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PPO $1,053.47 ↑ +57%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,084.60 ↑ +62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,096.34 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,122.88 ↑ +68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +78%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,241.80 ↑ +86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↑ +135%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,090.00 ↑ +511%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,092.00 ↑ +661%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +835%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +1158%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +1158%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1385%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +1495%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $720.88 $465.52 – $756.93
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