Close tear duct opening 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.
$1,056.00
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 | MANAGED MEDICAID | $149.95 | ↓ -54% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $190.08 | ↓ -42% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $204.86 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $298.93 | ↓ -8% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $302.55 | ↓ -7% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $313.88 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.69 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $392.03 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $687.88 | ↑ +111% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $739.20 | ↑ +126% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $739.20 | ↑ +126% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $739.20 | ↑ +126% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $792.00 | ↑ +142% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $816.29 | ↑ +150% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $820.51 | ↑ +151% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $823.36 | ↑ +152% |
| AETNA | ASA | $826.85 | ↑ +153% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $844.80 | ↑ +159% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $844.80 | ↑ +159% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $849.55 | ↑ +160% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $859.58 | ↑ +163% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $871.83 | ↑ +167% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $897.60 | ↑ +175% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $907.32 | ↑ +178% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $929.28 | ↑ +184% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,027.70 | ↑ +215% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +264% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +382% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,810.00 | ↑ +760% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,454.00 | ↑ +957% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +1815% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2477% |
| AETNA | HMO | $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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