Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 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

$436.64

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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.

$1,375.00

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.

$195.25 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $195.25 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $247.50 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $266.75 ↓ -39%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.53 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $399.53 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.53 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.53 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.53 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $399.53 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $419.51 ↓ -4%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $425.39 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $436.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $523.97 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $895.68 ↑ +105%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $962.50 ↑ +120%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $962.50 ↑ +120%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $962.50 ↑ +120%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,031.25 ↑ +136%
HORIZON PIP $1,062.88 ↑ +143%
QUALCARE PPO $1,068.38 ↑ +145%
HORIZON SHP $1,072.09 ↑ +146%
AETNA ASA $1,076.63 ↑ +147%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,100.00 ↑ +152%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,100.00 ↑ +152%
HORIZON HMO $1,106.19 ↑ +153%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,115.00 ↑ +155%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,119.25 ↑ +156%
HORIZON PPO $1,135.20 ↑ +160%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,168.75 ↑ +168%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,181.40 ↑ +171%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +172%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,210.00 ↑ +177%
CIGNA HMO $1,244.24 ↑ +185%
CIGNA PPO $1,244.24 ↑ +185%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,338.15 ↑ +206%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,810.00 ↑ +544%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,454.00 ↑ +691%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +822%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +822%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +1333%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +2175%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +2344%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $442.22 $442.22 – $530.67
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $470.51 $376.41 – $494.04
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $442.61 $199.38 – $442.61
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $442.22 $425.39 – $530.67
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $470.51 $440.48 – $512.86
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $442.61 $440.48 – $531.13
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $442.22 $425.39 – $530.67
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $436.64 $425.39 – $523.97

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