Concentration infection agents any type 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

$6.68

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.

$77.00

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.

$5.61 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $74.94 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
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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 $5.61 ↓ -16%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.68 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.68 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.68 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.68 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.68 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.68 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.68 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.68 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.01 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8.02 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.70 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $10.93 ↑ +64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13.71 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $14.67 ↑ +120%
CIGNA HMO $30.61 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $30.61 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $38.19 ↑ +472%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $41.66 ↑ +524%
HORIZON OMNIA $50.16 ↑ +651%
AETNA HMO $52.98 ↑ +693%
AETNA PPO $52.98 ↑ +693%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $53.90 ↑ +707%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $53.90 ↑ +707%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $53.90 ↑ +707%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $55.19 ↑ +726%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $57.75 ↑ +765%
QUALCARE PPO $59.52 ↑ +791%
HORIZON PIP $59.52 ↑ +791%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $59.52 ↑ +791%
HORIZON SHP $60.04 ↑ +799%
AETNA ASA $60.29 ↑ +803%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $61.60 ↑ +822%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $61.60 ↑ +822%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $61.60 ↑ +822%
HORIZON HMO $61.95 ↑ +827%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $62.68 ↑ +838%
HORIZON PPO $63.57 ↑ +852%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $65.45 ↑ +880%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $66.16 ↑ +890%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $74.94 ↑ +1022%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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