Egd dilate stricture 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

$2,073.18

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.

$4,135.00

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.

$356.37 with KARNA vs $10,671.00 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 $356.37 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $560.76 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $710.82 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $766.11 ↓ -63%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,115.00 ↓ -46%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -43%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,991.84 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,073.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,487.82 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,572.38 ↑ +24%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,894.50 ↑ +40%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,894.50 ↑ +40%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,894.50 ↑ +40%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,961.75 ↑ +43%
HORIZON PIP $3,052.58 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE PPO $3,068.37 ↑ +48%
HORIZON SHP $3,079.04 ↑ +49%
AETNA ASA $3,092.07 ↑ +49%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↑ +51%
HORIZON HMO $3,176.97 ↑ +53%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,214.49 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PPO $3,260.29 ↑ +57%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,308.00 ↑ +60%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,308.00 ↑ +60%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,356.65 ↑ +62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,392.98 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,475.12 ↑ +68%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↑ +69%
AETNA PPO $3,662.00 ↑ +77%
AETNA HMO $3,662.00 ↑ +77%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,843.17 ↑ +85%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +196%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +202%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +272%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +379%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +415%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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