Hematocrit 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

$2.37

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.

$44.00

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.

$1.56 with AETNA vs $10.86 with CIGNA — 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 $1.56 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1.65 ↓ -30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2.10 ↓ -11%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $2.37 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.37 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2.37 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2.37 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.49 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2.84 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.09 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4.86 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $5.46 ↑ +130%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $5.95 ↑ +151%
HORIZON OMNIA $7.17 ↑ +203%
AETNA PPO $7.57 ↑ +219%
AETNA HMO $7.57 ↑ +219%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7.70 ↑ +225%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $7.70 ↑ +225%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $7.70 ↑ +225%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $7.88 ↑ +232%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8.25 ↑ +248%
QUALCARE PPO $8.50 ↑ +259%
HORIZON PIP $8.50 ↑ +259%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8.50 ↑ +259%
HORIZON SHP $8.58 ↑ +262%
AETNA ASA $8.61 ↑ +263%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $8.80 ↑ +271%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $8.80 ↑ +271%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8.80 ↑ +271%
HORIZON HMO $8.85 ↑ +273%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8.95 ↑ +278%
HORIZON PPO $9.08 ↑ +283%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9.35 ↑ +295%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9.45 ↑ +299%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10.71 ↑ +352%
CIGNA HMO $10.86 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $10.86 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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