High activity knee frame 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

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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.

$5,135.00

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.

$924.30 with CLOVER vs $6,195.67 with KARNA — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $924.30
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,047.54
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,493.77
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,633.96
CIGNA PPO $1,848.60
CIGNA HMO $1,848.60
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,956.44
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,310.75
AETNA HMO $2,372.37
AETNA PPO $2,372.37
QUALCARE HMO $2,403.18
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,516.15
HORIZON HMO $2,567.50
HORIZON OMNIA $2,567.50
HORIZON SHP $2,567.50
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,567.50
HORIZON PPO $2,567.50
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,567.50
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,567.50
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,582.91
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,640.42
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,644.53
QUALCARE PPO $2,644.53
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,650.17
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,721.55
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,870.47
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,024.52
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,081.00
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,201.00
AETNA ASA $3,317.38
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $3,594.50
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,594.50
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,594.50
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,680.77
HORIZON PIP $3,969.36
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,108.00
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,108.00
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,364.75
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $5,135.00
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,195.67
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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High activity knee frame at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $1,966.74 – $8,050.70
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $4,045.58 – $8,091.16
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $4,045.58 – $8,050.70
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $4,045.58 – $8,050.70
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $2,024.59 – $8,050.70
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $2,545.20 – $8,050.70
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $4,045.58 – $8,050.70
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $3,201.00 – $3,201.00

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