Folic acid 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

$14.70

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.

$196.00

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.

$11.55 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $190.75 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.55 ↓ -21%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.70 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.70 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.70 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.44 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $17.64 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.15 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $27.83 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $30.17 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $37.34 ↑ +154%
CIGNA HMO $67.36 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $67.36 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $97.22 ↑ +561%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $106.04 ↑ +621%
HORIZON OMNIA $127.67 ↑ +769%
AETNA HMO $134.85 ↑ +817%
AETNA PPO $134.85 ↑ +817%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $137.20 ↑ +833%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $137.20 ↑ +833%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $137.20 ↑ +833%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $140.49 ↑ +856%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $147.00 ↑ +900%
QUALCARE PPO $151.51 ↑ +931%
HORIZON PIP $151.51 ↑ +931%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $151.51 ↑ +931%
HORIZON SHP $152.82 ↑ +940%
AETNA ASA $153.47 ↑ +944%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $156.80 ↑ +967%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $156.80 ↑ +967%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $156.80 ↑ +967%
HORIZON HMO $157.68 ↑ +973%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $159.54 ↑ +985%
HORIZON PPO $161.82 ↑ +1001%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $166.60 ↑ +1033%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $168.40 ↑ +1046%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $190.75 ↑ +1198%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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