Comprehensive hearing test 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

$170.99

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$567.00

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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.

$51.87 with KARNA vs $527.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.87 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $80.51 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.20 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $110.00 ↓ -36%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.00 ↓ -32%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.72 ↓ -31%
AETNA HMO $133.33 ↓ -22%
AETNA PPO $133.33 ↓ -22%
AETNA ASA $133.33 ↓ -22%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $156.46 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $156.46 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.28 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $183.28 ↑ +7%
HORIZON HMO $204.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $208.00 ↑ +22%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $270.00 ↑ +58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $299.00 ↑ +75%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $324.00 ↑ +89%
HORIZON PIP $328.86 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $328.86 ↑ +92%
HORIZON OMNIA $328.86 ↑ +92%
HORIZON PPO $328.86 ↑ +92%
HORIZON SHP $328.86 ↑ +92%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $337.25 ↑ +97%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $351.00 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $366.74 ↑ +114%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $378.00 ↑ +121%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $378.00 ↑ +121%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $378.00 ↑ +121%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $405.00 ↑ +137%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $432.00 ↑ +153%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $432.00 ↑ +153%
QUALCARE HMO $440.56 ↑ +158%
QUALCARE PPO $440.56 ↑ +158%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $459.00 ↑ +168%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +172%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $498.96 ↑ +192%
CIGNA HMO $519.80 ↑ +204%
CIGNA PPO $519.80 ↑ +204%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +208%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $53.61 – $487.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $53.61 – $627.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $51.87 – $443.00
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $173.18 $51.87 – $465.00
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