Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$64.92

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.

$155.00

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.

$22.01 with AETNA vs $136.69 with CIGNA — 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 $22.01 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.56 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $30.07 ↓ -54%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.96 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $48.19 ↓ -26%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $51.65 ↓ -20%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $52.55 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.40 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.40 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $59.40 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.40 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $59.40 ↓ -9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.13 ↓ -6%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.37 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $71.00 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $77.90 ↑ +20%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $85.20 ↑ +31%
HORIZON SHP $86.48 ↑ +33%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $86.48 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PIP $86.48 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PPO $86.48 ↑ +33%
HORIZON OMNIA $86.48 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $92.19 ↑ +42%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $92.30 ↑ +42%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $99.40 ↑ +53%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $99.40 ↑ +53%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $99.40 ↑ +53%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $100.25 ↑ +54%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $106.50 ↑ +64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $106.83 ↑ +65%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $111.10 ↑ +71%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $113.60 ↑ +75%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $113.60 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE HMO $120.44 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE PPO $120.44 ↑ +86%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +86%
AETNA ASA $121.37 ↑ +87%
HORIZON HMO $124.70 ↑ +92%
AETNA HMO $127.33 ↑ +96%
AETNA PPO $127.33 ↑ +96%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $131.49 ↑ +103%
CIGNA PPO $136.69 ↑ +111%
CIGNA HMO $136.69 ↑ +111%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $51.65 – $78.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $28.78 – $4,994.00
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