Exc sq tumor/shoulder area 3cm/> 23071 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

$1,770.73

Cash price

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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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$5,170.00

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.

$734.14 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $734.14 ↓ -59%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $882.32 ↓ -50%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $930.60 ↓ -47%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,002.98 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -33%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,620.24 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,701.25 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,797.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,124.87 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,367.74 ↑ +90%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,619.00 ↑ +104%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,619.00 ↑ +104%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,619.00 ↑ +104%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,877.50 ↑ +119%
HORIZON PIP $3,996.41 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE PPO $4,017.09 ↑ +127%
HORIZON SHP $4,031.05 ↑ +128%
AETNA ASA $4,048.11 ↑ +129%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,136.00 ↑ +134%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,136.00 ↑ +134%
HORIZON HMO $4,159.27 ↑ +135%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,208.38 ↑ +138%
HORIZON PPO $4,268.35 ↑ +141%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,394.50 ↑ +148%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,442.06 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,549.60 ↑ +157%
CIGNA HMO $4,647.31 ↑ +162%
CIGNA PPO $4,647.31 ↑ +162%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,031.44 ↑ +184%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +253%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +362%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +375%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +375%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +461%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +484%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +503%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Exc sq tumor/shoulder area 3cm/> 23071 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,908.09 $910.69 – $2,003.50
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,794.93 $910.69 – $1,794.93
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,793.38 $882.32 – $2,152.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,908.09 $910.69 – $2,079.82
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,794.93 $910.69 – $2,153.92
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,793.38 $882.32 – $2,152.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,770.73 $882.32 – $2,124.87

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