Fixation of knee joint at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,749.06
Cash price 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.
$6,600.00
Gross charge 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.
$326.92 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $326.92 | ↓ -81% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $848.00 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $937.20 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,024.64 | ↓ -41% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,069.41 | ↓ -39% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,188.00 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -32% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,600.41 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,600.41 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,600.41 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,600.41 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,600.41 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,680.43 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,749.06 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,098.87 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↑ +29% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,519.00 | ↑ +44% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $2,718.61 | ↑ +55% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $3,481.80 | ↑ +99% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,481.80 | ↑ +99% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $3,481.80 | ↑ +99% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,730.50 | ↑ +113% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,979.20 | ↑ +128% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,979.20 | ↑ +128% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,227.90 | ↑ +142% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,299.24 | ↑ +146% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5,101.80 | ↑ +192% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,128.20 | ↑ +193% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,146.02 | ↑ +194% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,167.80 | ↑ +195% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,309.70 | ↑ +204% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,372.40 | ↑ +207% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,448.96 | ↑ +212% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,670.72 | ↑ +224% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,808.00 | ↑ +232% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,137.00 | ↑ +251% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +258% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,423.12 | ↑ +267% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,714.00 | ↑ +341% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +381% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +381% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +468% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +510% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Fixation of knee joint at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,771.43 | $1,771.43 – $2,125.72 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,884.74 | $339.39 – $1,978.98 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,772.97 | $127.38 – $2,718.61 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,771.43 | $326.92 – $2,125.72 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,884.74 | $125.47 – $2,054.37 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,772.97 | $159.23 – $2,127.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,771.43 | $326.92 – $2,125.72 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,749.06 | $326.92 – $2,098.87 |