Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

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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.

$161.82

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.

$29.13 with CLOVER vs $145.64 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.13 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.01 —
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $47.07 —
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $51.49 —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.75 —
CIGNA HMO $65.05 —
CIGNA PPO $65.05 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $72.74 —
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $72.74 —
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $72.82 —
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $72.82 —
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $79.29 —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $80.91 —
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $80.91 —
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $83.34 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $95.31 —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $96.25 —
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $97.09 —
AETNA PPO $98.71 —
AETNA HMO $98.71 —
HORIZON OMNIA $105.41 —
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $115.99 —
HORIZON PIP $125.09 —
HORIZON SHP $126.17 —
AETNA ASA $126.71 —
HORIZON HMO $130.18 —
HORIZON INDEMNITY $131.72 —
HORIZON PPO $133.60 —
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $137.55 —
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $137.55 —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $145.64 —
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
QUALCARE HMO not published by hospital —
QUALCARE PPO not published by hospital —
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital —
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $14.91 – $356.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $48.46 – $61.30
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $48.46 – $61.30
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $48.46 – $61.30
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $48.46 – $61.30
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $19.30 – $61.30
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $48.46 – $61.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $72.74 – $72.74

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