Endoscopy bowel pouch/biop 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

$996.39

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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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$2,099.00

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.

$182.35 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 $182.35 ↓ -82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $298.06 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $377.82 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $407.21 ↓ -59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $848.00 ↓ -15%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $911.71 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $911.71 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $957.30 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $996.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,195.67 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,367.29 ↑ +37%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,469.30 ↑ +47%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,469.30 ↑ +47%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,469.30 ↑ +47%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,574.25 ↑ +58%
HORIZON PIP $1,622.53 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE PPO $1,630.92 ↑ +64%
HORIZON SHP $1,636.59 ↑ +64%
AETNA ASA $1,643.52 ↑ +65%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,679.20 ↑ +69%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,679.20 ↑ +69%
HORIZON HMO $1,688.65 ↑ +69%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,708.59 ↑ +71%
HORIZON PPO $1,732.93 ↑ +74%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,784.15 ↑ +79%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,803.46 ↑ +81%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,847.12 ↑ +85%
CIGNA HMO $1,899.39 ↑ +91%
CIGNA PPO $1,899.39 ↑ +91%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,042.75 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +516%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +528%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +674%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +745%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +745%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +897%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +971%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Endoscopy bowel pouch/biop at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,009.14 $1,009.14 – $1,210.96
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,073.68 $188.11 – $1,127.37
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,010.01 $188.11 – $1,010.01
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,009.14 $182.35 – $1,210.96
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,073.68 $188.11 – $1,170.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,010.01 $188.11 – $1,212.01
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,009.14 $182.35 – $1,210.96
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $996.39 $182.35 – $1,195.67

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