Desoxycorticosterone 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

$30.98

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.

$318.00

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.

$12.35 with AETNA vs $141.96 with CIGNA — 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 $12.35 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.57 ↓ -47%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.98 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.98 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $30.98 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $30.98 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $30.98 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $30.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.98 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.98 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.53 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $37.18 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.35 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.37 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE HMO $43.15 ↑ +39%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $47.07 ↑ +52%
HORIZON OMNIA $56.67 ↑ +83%
AETNA PPO $59.86 ↑ +93%
AETNA HMO $59.86 ↑ +93%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $60.90 ↑ +97%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $60.90 ↑ +97%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $60.90 ↑ +97%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $62.36 ↑ +101%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $63.59 ↑ +105%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $65.25 ↑ +111%
QUALCARE PPO $67.25 ↑ +117%
HORIZON PIP $67.25 ↑ +117%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $67.25 ↑ +117%
HORIZON SHP $67.83 ↑ +119%
AETNA ASA $68.12 ↑ +120%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $69.60 ↑ +125%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $69.60 ↑ +125%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $69.60 ↑ +125%
HORIZON HMO $69.99 ↑ +126%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $70.82 ↑ +129%
HORIZON PPO $71.83 ↑ +132%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $73.95 ↑ +139%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $74.75 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $84.67 ↑ +173%
CIGNA HMO $141.96 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $141.96 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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