Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$230.26

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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.

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$1,430.00

Gross charge

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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.

$55.03 with KARNA vs $1,391.68 with AMERIHEALTH — 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

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 $55.03 ↓ -76%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $203.06 ↓ -12%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.69 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $210.69 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.69 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.69 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $210.69 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $221.22 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.26 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $257.40 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $276.31 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $277.42 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $613.00 ↑ +166%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $842.27 ↑ +266%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $850.56 ↑ +269%
HORIZON OMNIA $931.50 ↑ +305%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $954.00 ↑ +314%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,001.00 ↑ +335%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,001.00 ↑ +335%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,001.00 ↑ +335%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,025.02 ↑ +345%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,072.50 ↑ +366%
HORIZON PIP $1,105.39 ↑ +380%
QUALCARE HMO $1,111.11 ↑ +383%
QUALCARE PPO $1,111.11 ↑ +383%
HORIZON SHP $1,114.97 ↑ +384%
AETNA ASA $1,119.69 ↑ +386%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,144.00 ↑ +397%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,144.00 ↑ +397%
HORIZON HMO $1,150.44 ↑ +400%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,164.02 ↑ +406%
HORIZON PPO $1,180.61 ↑ +413%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,215.50 ↑ +428%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,228.66 ↑ +434%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,258.40 ↑ +447%
AETNA PPO $1,282.28 ↑ +457%
AETNA HMO $1,282.28 ↑ +457%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,287.00 ↑ +459%
CIGNA PPO $1,367.51 ↑ +494%
CIGNA HMO $1,367.51 ↑ +494%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,391.68 ↑ +504%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $233.20 $233.20 – $875.00
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Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $230.26 $55.03 – $1,421.00

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