Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 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

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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.

$1,265.00

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.

$104.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $1,231.10 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $179.63
HORIZON HMO $181.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $227.70
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $245.41
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $258.06
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $275.77
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $429.34
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $619.00
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $632.50
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $752.42
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $759.00
HORIZON SHP $770.39
HORIZON INDEMNITY $770.39
HORIZON OMNIA $770.39
HORIZON PIP $770.39
HORIZON PPO $770.39
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $822.25
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $831.86
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $871.84
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $885.50
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $885.50
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $885.50
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $948.75
QUALCARE PPO $982.91
QUALCARE HMO $982.91
AETNA ASA $990.50
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,012.00
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,012.00
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,075.25
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,086.89
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,113.20
AETNA HMO $1,134.33
AETNA PPO $1,134.33
CIGNA PPO $1,209.72
CIGNA HMO $1,209.72
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,231.10
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $632.01 – $4,221.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $104.00 – $3,343.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City not published $619.00 – $619.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen not published $340.57 – $907.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy not published $432.20 – $632.01
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank not published $619.00 – $619.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin not published $619.00 – $619.00

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