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Foot X-ray 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

$96.23

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.

$649.00

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.

$39.24 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $535.81 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.

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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 $39.24 ↓ -59%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.68 ↓ -40%
AETNA PPO $57.73 ↓ -40%
AETNA HMO $57.73 ↓ -40%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $58.68 ↓ -39%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.23 ↓ -34%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.05 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.05 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.05 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.05 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $88.05 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $88.05 ↓ -9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $92.16 ↓ -4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.45 ↓ -4%
CIGNA PPO $93.64 ↓ -3%
CIGNA HMO $93.64 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $106.87 ↑ +11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.82 ↑ +21%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $120.62 ↑ +25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +128%
QUALCARE HMO $321.90 ↑ +235%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $351.11 ↑ +265%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $392.70 ↑ +308%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $392.70 ↑ +308%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $392.70 ↑ +308%
HORIZON OMNIA $422.76 ↑ +339%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $433.65 ↑ +351%
QUALCARE PPO $433.65 ↑ +351%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $448.80 ↑ +366%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $448.80 ↑ +366%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $465.20 ↑ +383%
AETNA ASA $471.24 ↑ +390%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $476.85 ↑ +396%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $486.75 ↑ +406%
HORIZON PIP $501.68 ↑ +421%
HORIZON SHP $506.03 ↑ +426%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $519.20 ↑ +440%
HORIZON HMO $522.12 ↑ +443%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $528.29 ↑ +449%
HORIZON PPO $535.81 ↑ +457%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Foot X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $259.60 $94.11 – $94.11
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $39.24 – $551.65
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $22.60 – $494.80

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