Electrode stimulation brain 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

$1,111.89

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$1,469.00

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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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$104.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $1,429.63 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -91%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↓ -84%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $208.60 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.42 ↓ -76%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $284.99 ↓ -74%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $320.24 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $498.58 ↓ -55%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $554.27 ↓ -50%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $734.50 ↓ -34%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $873.76 ↓ -21%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $881.40 ↓ -21%
HORIZON SHP $894.62 ↓ -20%
HORIZON PIP $894.62 ↓ -20%
HORIZON OMNIA $894.62 ↓ -20%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $894.62 ↓ -20%
HORIZON PPO $894.62 ↓ -20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $950.15 ↓ -15%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $954.85 ↓ -14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,012.43 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,017.39 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,017.39 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,017.39 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,017.39 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,017.39 ↓ -8%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,028.30 ↓ -8%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,028.30 ↓ -8%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,028.30 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,068.26 ↓ -4%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,101.75 ↓ -1%
QUALCARE PPO $1,141.41 ↑ +3%
QUALCARE HMO $1,141.41 ↑ +3%
AETNA ASA $1,150.23 ↑ +3%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,175.20 ↑ +6%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,175.20 ↑ +6%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,248.65 ↑ +12%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,262.16 ↑ +14%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,292.72 ↑ +16%
AETNA PPO $1,317.25 ↑ +18%
AETNA HMO $1,317.25 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,334.26 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $1,404.80 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HMO $1,404.80 ↑ +26%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,429.63 ↑ +29%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Electrode stimulation brain at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,126.11 $1,126.11 – $1,351.33
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,198.14 $579.39 – $4,782.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,127.09 $104.00 – $7,013.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,126.11 $554.27 – $1,351.33
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,198.14 $252.67 – $1,998.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,127.09 $320.65 – $1,352.50
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,126.11 $554.27 – $1,351.33
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,111.89 $554.27 – $1,334.26

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