Clearance of tear duct at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$326.69
Cash price 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.
$5,651.00
Gross charge 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA | PPO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $313.88 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.69 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $392.03 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $521.03 | ↑ +59% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $802.44 | ↑ +146% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $902.57 | ↑ +176% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,017.18 | ↑ +211% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +264% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +382% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,810.00 | ↑ +760% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,938.60 | ↑ +800% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,938.60 | ↑ +800% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,938.60 | ↑ +800% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,148.50 | ↑ +864% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,358.40 | ↑ +928% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,358.40 | ↑ +928% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,454.00 | ↑ +957% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,568.30 | ↑ +992% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,681.06 | ↑ +1027% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,368.22 | ↑ +1237% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,390.83 | ↑ +1244% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,406.08 | ↑ +1249% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,424.73 | ↑ +1254% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,546.23 | ↑ +1292% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,599.91 | ↑ +1308% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,665.47 | ↑ +1328% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,855.34 | ↑ +1386% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,972.88 | ↑ +1422% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,499.55 | ↑ +1583% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +1815% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2477% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2477% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +2940% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +3166% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Clearance of tear duct at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $330.87 | $330.87 – $397.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $352.04 | $281.63 – $540.59 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $331.16 | $145.20 – $540.59 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $330.87 | $330.87 – $521.03 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $352.04 | $352.04 – $540.59 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $331.16 | $331.16 – $540.59 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $330.87 | $330.87 – $521.03 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $326.69 | $326.69 – $521.03 |