Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy 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

$294.52

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.

$1,550.00

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.

$162.16 with AETNA vs $1,349.59 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 $162.16 ↓ -45%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $196.60 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $259.18 ↓ -12%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.52 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $294.52 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $294.52 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $294.52 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $294.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.52 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.52 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.52 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.25 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $353.42 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $383.61 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $566.43 ↑ +92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $604.50 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $617.82 ↑ +110%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $722.40 ↑ +145%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $722.40 ↑ +145%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $722.40 ↑ +145%
HORIZON OMNIA $743.90 ↑ +153%
AETNA PPO $785.70 ↑ +167%
AETNA HMO $785.70 ↑ +167%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $797.74 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE PPO $797.74 ↑ +171%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $818.59 ↑ +178%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $825.60 ↑ +180%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $825.60 ↑ +180%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $856.50 ↑ +191%
AETNA ASA $866.88 ↑ +194%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $877.20 ↑ +198%
HORIZON PIP $882.77 ↑ +200%
HORIZON SHP $890.42 ↑ +202%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $913.60 ↑ +210%
HORIZON HMO $918.74 ↑ +212%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $929.59 ↑ +216%
HORIZON PPO $942.84 ↑ +220%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $981.21 ↑ +233%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,111.39 ↑ +277%
CIGNA HMO $1,349.59 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $1,349.59 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $294.52 $294.52 – $1,349.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $294.52 $154.57 – $1,322.54
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $294.52 $170.51 – $1,349.59
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $294.52 $294.52 – $1,349.59
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $294.52 $119.57 – $1,349.59
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $294.52 $294.52 – $1,349.59

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