Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$187.28

Cash price

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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.

$303.00

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.

$13.20 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $306.15 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.20 ↓ -93%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $43.03 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.54 ↓ -71%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $57.72 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.78 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $114.53 ↓ -39%
QUALCARE HMO $150.29 ↓ -20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $163.92 ↓ -12%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.36 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.36 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.36 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $171.36 ↓ -9%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $171.36 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $171.36 ↓ -9%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.93 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.28 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $197.37 ↑ +5%
AETNA PPO $208.46 ↑ +11%
AETNA HMO $208.46 ↑ +11%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $212.10 ↑ +13%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $212.10 ↑ +13%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $212.10 ↑ +13%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $217.19 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $224.73 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $227.25 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $234.22 ↑ +25%
HORIZON PIP $234.22 ↑ +25%
QUALCARE PPO $234.22 ↑ +25%
HORIZON SHP $236.25 ↑ +26%
AETNA ASA $237.25 ↑ +27%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $242.40 ↑ +29%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $242.40 ↑ +29%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $242.40 ↑ +29%
HORIZON HMO $243.76 ↑ +30%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $246.64 ↑ +32%
HORIZON PPO $250.16 ↑ +34%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $257.55 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $260.34 ↑ +39%
CIGNA PPO $289.76 ↑ +55%
CIGNA HMO $289.76 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $294.88 ↑ +57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $306.15 ↑ +63%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $189.67 $41.07 – $306.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $201.80 $19.67 – $518.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $189.84 $13.20 – $311.00
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $201.80 $21.70 – $629.14
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $189.84 $41.07 – $306.15
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $189.67 $15.21 – $306.15
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $187.28 $41.07 – $359.00

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