Connect omega .5mm 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

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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.

$1,488.00

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.

$29.91 with CLOVER vs $523.41 with KARNA — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.91 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.89 —
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $48.33 —
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $52.87 —
CIGNA PPO $59.81 —
CIGNA HMO $59.81 —
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.76 —
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $74.76 —
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $81.41 —
HORIZON HMO $83.07 —
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $83.07 —
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $83.07 —
HORIZON SHP $83.07 —
HORIZON PPO $83.07 —
HORIZON OMNIA $83.07 —
HORIZON INDEMNITY $83.07 —
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $83.57 —
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $85.56 —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $88.05 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $92.87 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.86 —
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $99.68 —
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $116.30 —
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $116.30 —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $116.30 —
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $119.09 —
HORIZON PIP $128.43 —
AETNA ASA $130.09 —
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $132.91 —
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $132.91 —
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $141.22 —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $191.25 —
QUALCARE HMO $234.93 —
QUALCARE PPO $258.52 —
AETNA PPO $329.88 —
AETNA HMO $329.88 —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $523.41 —
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital —
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO not published by hospital —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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