Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$116.22

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$303.00

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.

$43.03 with AETNA vs $272.70 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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

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 $43.03 ↓ -63%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.54 ↓ -53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $57.72 ↓ -50%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.78 ↓ -49%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $67.63 ↓ -42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $68.80 ↓ -41%
AETNA PPO $71.72 ↓ -38%
AETNA HMO $71.72 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $84.39 ↓ -27%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.50 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HMO $88.71 ↓ -24%
CIGNA PPO $88.71 ↓ -24%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $106.34 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $106.34 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.66 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $163.92 ↑ +41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $163.92 ↑ +41%
HORIZON OMNIA $197.37 ↑ +70%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $212.10 ↑ +82%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $212.10 ↑ +82%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $212.10 ↑ +82%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $217.19 ↑ +87%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $227.25 ↑ +96%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $234.22 ↑ +102%
HORIZON PIP $234.22 ↑ +102%
QUALCARE HMO $234.22 ↑ +102%
QUALCARE PPO $234.22 ↑ +102%
HORIZON SHP $236.25 ↑ +103%
AETNA ASA $237.25 ↑ +104%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $242.40 ↑ +109%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $242.40 ↑ +109%
HORIZON HMO $243.76 ↑ +110%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $246.64 ↑ +112%
HORIZON PPO $250.16 ↑ +115%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $257.55 ↑ +122%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $272.70 ↑ +135%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $67.63 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $67.80 – $337.00
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $67.63 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $67.63 – $295.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $67.63 – $122.03

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