Correct inverted nipple(s) 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

$4,184.94

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.

$8,158.00

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.

$1,158.44 with AETNA vs $14,134.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,158.44 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -72%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,286.87 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,468.44 ↓ -65%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,582.65 ↓ -62%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,829.28 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,020.74 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,184.94 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $4,414.00 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $4,945.00 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,021.93 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,314.12 ↑ +27%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,710.60 ↑ +36%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,710.60 ↑ +36%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,710.60 ↑ +36%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,118.50 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +49%
HORIZON PIP $6,306.13 ↑ +51%
QUALCARE PPO $6,338.77 ↑ +51%
HORIZON SHP $6,360.79 ↑ +52%
AETNA ASA $6,387.71 ↑ +53%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $6,526.40 ↑ +56%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $6,526.40 ↑ +56%
HORIZON HMO $6,563.11 ↑ +57%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,640.61 ↑ +59%
HORIZON PPO $6,735.24 ↑ +61%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,934.30 ↑ +66%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,009.35 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,179.04 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,939.37 ↑ +90%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +101%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +101%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +137%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +155%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,153.00 ↑ +167%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,134.00 ↑ +238%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Correct inverted nipple(s) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,509.59 $1,331.39 – $4,735.07
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $4,242.15 $1,331.39 – $5,090.58
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,238.48 $1,286.87 – $5,086.17
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4,184.94 $1,286.87 – $5,021.93

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