Close tear system fistula 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

$2,549.65

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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.

$6,105.00

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.

$866.91 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $866.91 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,098.90 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,184.37 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -53%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,291.47 ↓ -49%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -38%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,332.96 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,332.96 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,332.96 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,332.96 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,332.96 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,332.96 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,449.61 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,549.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,059.57 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,976.80 ↑ +56%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,090.00 ↑ +60%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $4,273.50 ↑ +68%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,273.50 ↑ +68%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $4,273.50 ↑ +68%
CIGNA HMO $4,414.00 ↑ +73%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,578.75 ↑ +80%
HORIZON PIP $4,719.17 ↑ +85%
QUALCARE PPO $4,743.59 ↑ +86%
HORIZON SHP $4,760.07 ↑ +87%
AETNA ASA $4,780.22 ↑ +87%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,884.00 ↑ +92%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,884.00 ↑ +92%
HORIZON HMO $4,911.47 ↑ +93%
CIGNA PPO $4,945.00 ↑ +94%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,969.47 ↑ +95%
HORIZON PPO $5,040.29 ↑ +98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,092.00 ↑ +100%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,189.25 ↑ +104%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,245.42 ↑ +106%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,372.40 ↑ +111%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,941.39 ↑ +133%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +145%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +230%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +230%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +290%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +319%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Close tear system fistula at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,582.26 $2,582.26 – $3,098.71
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,747.43 $1,342.90 – $2,884.81
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,584.50 $275.88 – $2,584.50
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,582.26 $1,291.47 – $3,098.71
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,747.43 $1,342.90 – $2,994.70
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,584.50 $1,342.90 – $3,101.40
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,582.26 $1,291.47 – $3,098.71
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $2,549.65 $1,291.47 – $3,059.57

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