Colonoscopy w/resection at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$2,997.10
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.
$3,532.00
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.
$501.54 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.
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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $501.54 | ↓ -83% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $635.76 | ↓ -79% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $671.55 | ↓ -78% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $685.21 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -60% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↓ -47% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,300.74 | ↓ -23% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,387.00 | ↓ -20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,387.00 | ↓ -20% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,387.00 | ↓ -20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,557.50 | ↓ -15% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,728.00 | ↓ -9% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,728.00 | ↓ -9% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,730.24 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,742.39 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,742.39 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,742.39 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,742.39 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,742.39 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,742.39 | ↓ -8% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,744.36 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,753.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,765.56 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,841.49 | ↓ -5% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,875.05 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,879.51 | ↓ -4% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,898.50 | ↓ -3% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,916.02 | ↓ -3% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,997.10 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,034.69 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,085.71 | ↑ +3% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,085.71 | ↑ +3% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,108.16 | ↑ +4% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,437.34 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $3,596.52 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,137.00 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +109% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,714.00 | ↑ +157% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +181% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +181% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +231% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +256% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Colonoscopy w/resection at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,035.44 | $3,035.44 – $3,642.53 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,229.60 | $691.29 – $3,391.08 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,038.07 | $385.22 – $3,038.07 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,035.44 | $671.55 – $3,642.53 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $3,229.60 | $379.44 – $3,520.27 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $3,038.07 | $691.29 – $3,645.69 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $3,035.44 | $671.55 – $3,642.53 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $2,997.10 | $671.55 – $3,596.52 |