Fluorescein angrph mltiframe 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

$340.32

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.

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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.

$164.45 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $522.28 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $164.45 ↓ -52%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $170.13 ↓ -50%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $173.07 ↓ -49%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $276.71 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $311.40 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $311.40 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $311.40 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $326.97 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $340.32 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $408.39 ↑ +20%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $522.28 ↑ +53%

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Fluorescein angrph mltiframe at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $164.45 – $375.70
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $86.67 – $385.06
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $344.98 $152.13 – $522.28
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $344.68 $164.45 – $375.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $366.72 $95.61 – $399.73
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $344.98 $131.18 – $376.02
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $344.68 $67.05 – $375.70
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $340.32 $164.45 – $370.95

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