Create tear sac drain 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

$4,121.25

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.

$6,906.00

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.

$980.65 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 $980.65 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,225.93 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,243.08 ↓ -70%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -62%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,678.53 ↓ -59%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,771.00 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,771.00 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,771.00 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,771.00 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,771.00 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,771.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,959.55 ↓ -4%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,991.40 ↓ -3%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,991.40 ↓ -3%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,991.40 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,121.25 ↑ +0%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,276.50 ↑ +4%
CIGNA HMO $4,414.00 ↑ +7%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,498.57 ↑ +9%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,561.60 ↑ +11%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,561.60 ↑ +11%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,846.70 ↑ +18%
CIGNA PPO $4,945.00 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,945.50 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $5,338.34 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE PPO $5,365.96 ↑ +30%
HORIZON SHP $5,384.61 ↑ +31%
AETNA ASA $5,407.40 ↑ +31%
HORIZON HMO $5,555.88 ↑ +35%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,621.48 ↑ +36%
HORIZON PPO $5,701.59 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,933.64 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,077.28 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +52%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,720.92 ↑ +63%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +104%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +104%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +141%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +159%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,153.00 ↑ +171%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,134.00 ↑ +243%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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