Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$756.84

Cash price

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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.

$3,292.00

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.

$211.28 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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 $211.28 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $339.38 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $430.20 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $463.66 ↓ -39%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $692.52 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $692.52 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $692.52 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $692.52 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $692.52 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $692.52 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $727.15 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $756.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $908.21 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,407.71 ↑ +86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,421.57 ↑ +88%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,571.66 ↑ +108%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,647.19 ↑ +118%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,655.88 ↑ +119%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,792.50 ↑ +137%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,840.23 ↑ +143%
HORIZON PIP $1,847.47 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE PPO $1,857.03 ↑ +145%
QUALCARE HMO $1,857.03 ↑ +145%
AETNA ASA $1,871.37 ↑ +147%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,031.50 ↑ +168%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,031.50 ↑ +168%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,053.49 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,103.20 ↑ +178%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,151.00 ↑ +184%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↑ +197%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,304.40 ↑ +204%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,304.40 ↑ +204%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,325.95 ↑ +207%
CIGNA PPO $2,519.00 ↑ +233%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $2,633.60 ↑ +248%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $2,633.60 ↑ +248%
AETNA HMO $2,951.94 ↑ +290%
AETNA PPO $2,951.94 ↑ +290%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,347.00 ↑ +739%
HORIZON SHP $7,307.00 ↑ +865%
HORIZON HMO $7,840.00 ↑ +936%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,920.00 ↑ +946%
HORIZON PPO $8,045.00 ↑ +963%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +1241%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $766.52 $766.52 – $919.83
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $815.55 $216.67 – $856.33
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Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $756.84 $211.28 – $908.21

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