Ferritin 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

$13.63

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.

$210.00

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.

$11.50 with AETNA vs $78.83 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 $11.50 ↓ -16%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.63 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.63 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.63 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.63 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.63 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.31 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $15.43 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $16.36 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.60 ↑ +29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.75 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.98 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $40.18 ↑ +195%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $43.82 ↑ +221%
HORIZON OMNIA $52.76 ↑ +287%
AETNA PPO $55.73 ↑ +309%
AETNA HMO $55.73 ↑ +309%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $56.70 ↑ +316%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $56.70 ↑ +316%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $56.70 ↑ +316%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $58.06 ↑ +326%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $60.75 ↑ +346%
CIGNA PPO $62.46 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $62.46 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE PPO $62.61 ↑ +359%
HORIZON PIP $62.61 ↑ +359%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $62.61 ↑ +359%
HORIZON SHP $63.16 ↑ +363%
AETNA ASA $63.42 ↑ +365%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $64.80 ↑ +375%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $64.80 ↑ +375%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $64.80 ↑ +375%
HORIZON HMO $65.16 ↑ +378%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $65.93 ↑ +384%
HORIZON PPO $66.87 ↑ +391%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $68.85 ↑ +405%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $69.60 ↑ +411%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $78.83 ↑ +478%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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