Drainage of kidney lesion 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

$768.94

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.

$2,506.00

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.

$188.27 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.27 ↓ -76%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $355.85 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $380.12 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $451.08 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $703.59 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $703.59 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.59 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $738.77 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $768.94 ↑ +0%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $889.30 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $922.73 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $988.31 ↑ +29%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,237.60 ↑ +61%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,237.60 ↑ +61%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,237.60 ↑ +61%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,414.40 ↑ +84%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,414.40 ↑ +84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,476.03 ↑ +92%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,490.57 ↑ +94%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,502.80 ↑ +95%
CIGNA HMO $1,599.86 ↑ +108%
CIGNA PPO $1,599.86 ↑ +108%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,647.95 ↑ +114%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,727.14 ↑ +125%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,879.50 ↑ +144%
HORIZON PIP $1,937.14 ↑ +152%
QUALCARE HMO $1,947.16 ↑ +153%
QUALCARE PPO $1,947.16 ↑ +153%
AETNA ASA $1,962.20 ↑ +155%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,153.16 ↑ +180%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,205.28 ↑ +187%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,255.40 ↑ +193%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,438.84 ↑ +217%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +423%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +423%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,347.00 ↑ +725%
HORIZON SHP $7,307.00 ↑ +850%
HORIZON HMO $7,840.00 ↑ +920%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,920.00 ↑ +930%
HORIZON PPO $8,045.00 ↑ +946%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +1220%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Drainage of kidney lesion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $828.59 $62.44 – $870.02
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $779.45 $193.13 – $779.45
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $778.78 $188.27 – $934.53
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $828.59 $68.88 – $903.16
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $779.45 $193.13 – $935.34
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $778.78 $188.27 – $934.53
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $768.94 $188.27 – $922.73

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