Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$265.80

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.

$990.00

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.

$75.73 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.73 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $140.58 ↓ -47%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.20 ↓ -33%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $192.06 ↓ -28%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.21 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $243.21 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $243.21 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.21 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.21 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.21 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $255.37 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $265.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $318.96 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $644.89 ↑ +143%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $693.00 ↑ +161%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $693.00 ↑ +161%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $693.00 ↑ +161%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $742.50 ↑ +179%
HORIZON PIP $765.27 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE PPO $769.23 ↑ +189%
HORIZON SHP $771.90 ↑ +190%
AETNA ASA $775.17 ↑ +192%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $792.00 ↑ +198%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $792.00 ↑ +198%
HORIZON HMO $796.46 ↑ +200%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $805.86 ↑ +203%
HORIZON PPO $817.34 ↑ +208%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $841.50 ↑ +217%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $850.61 ↑ +220%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $871.20 ↑ +228%
CIGNA PPO $895.85 ↑ +237%
CIGNA HMO $895.85 ↑ +237%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $963.47 ↑ +262%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +347%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↑ +493%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,810.00 ↑ +957%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,454.00 ↑ +1199%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +1414%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +1414%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +2254%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +3637%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +3915%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $269.20 $269.20 – $323.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $286.42 $77.40 – $300.74
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $269.43 $77.40 – $269.43
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $269.20 $75.73 – $323.04
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $286.42 $77.40 – $312.20
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $269.43 $77.40 – $323.32
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $269.20 $75.73 – $323.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $265.80 $75.73 – $318.96

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