Fatty acids nonesterified 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

$18.77

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.

$121.00

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.

$12.64 with AETNA vs $86.61 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $12.64 ↓ -33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.95 ↓ -10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.05 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.77 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.77 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.77 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.71 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $22.52 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.45 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $38.53 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $44.14 ↑ +135%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $48.15 ↑ +157%
HORIZON OMNIA $57.97 ↑ +209%
AETNA PPO $61.23 ↑ +226%
AETNA HMO $61.23 ↑ +226%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $62.30 ↑ +232%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $62.30 ↑ +232%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $62.30 ↑ +232%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $63.80 ↑ +240%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $66.75 ↑ +256%
QUALCARE PPO $68.80 ↑ +267%
HORIZON PIP $68.80 ↑ +267%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $68.80 ↑ +267%
HORIZON SHP $69.39 ↑ +270%
AETNA ASA $69.69 ↑ +271%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $71.20 ↑ +279%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $71.20 ↑ +279%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $71.20 ↑ +279%
HORIZON HMO $71.60 ↑ +281%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $72.45 ↑ +286%
HORIZON PPO $73.48 ↑ +291%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $75.65 ↑ +303%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $76.47 ↑ +307%
CIGNA HMO $86.01 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $86.01 ↑ +358%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $86.61 ↑ +361%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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