Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$264.17

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$1,049.00

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.

$148.96 with AETNA vs $2,718.00 with OXFORD — 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 $148.96 ↓ -44%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $167.89 ↓ -36%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.82 ↓ -29%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $203.51 ↓ -23%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $241.72 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $241.72 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $253.81 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $317.01 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $617.86 ↑ +134%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $623.95 ↑ +136%
HORIZON OMNIA $683.32 ↑ +159%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $734.30 ↑ +178%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $734.30 ↑ +178%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $734.30 ↑ +178%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $751.92 ↑ +185%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $786.75 ↑ +198%
HORIZON PIP $810.88 ↑ +207%
QUALCARE HMO $815.07 ↑ +209%
QUALCARE PPO $815.07 ↑ +209%
HORIZON SHP $817.91 ↑ +210%
AETNA ASA $821.37 ↑ +211%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $839.20 ↑ +218%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $839.20 ↑ +218%
HORIZON HMO $843.92 ↑ +219%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $853.89 ↑ +223%
HORIZON PPO $866.05 ↑ +228%
AETNA PPO $889.97 ↑ +237%
AETNA HMO $889.97 ↑ +237%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $891.65 ↑ +238%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $901.30 ↑ +241%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $923.12 ↑ +249%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $944.10 ↑ +257%
CIGNA HMO $1,003.16 ↑ +280%
CIGNA PPO $1,003.16 ↑ +280%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,020.89 ↑ +286%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,506.00 ↑ +849%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,718.00 ↑ +929%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $2,305.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $176.59 – $5,399.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $176.59 – $1,839.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $167.89 – $2,376.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $284.66 $176.59 – $3,541.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $176.59 – $2,209.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $167.89 – $2,291.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $264.17 $167.89 – $2,336.00

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