Immunodiffusion nes 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

$14.05

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.

$217.00

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.

$5.68 with AETNA vs $64.38 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 $5.68 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7.62 ↓ -46%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.05 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.05 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.05 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.05 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.75 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $16.86 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.30 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $19.84 ↑ +41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.90 ↑ +49%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21.64 ↑ +54%
HORIZON OMNIA $26.06 ↑ +85%
AETNA PPO $27.52 ↑ +96%
AETNA HMO $27.52 ↑ +96%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $28.00 ↑ +99%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $28.00 ↑ +99%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $28.00 ↑ +99%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $28.67 ↑ +104%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $28.84 ↑ +105%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $30.00 ↑ +114%
QUALCARE PPO $30.92 ↑ +120%
HORIZON PIP $30.92 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $30.92 ↑ +120%
HORIZON SHP $31.19 ↑ +122%
AETNA ASA $31.32 ↑ +123%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $32.00 ↑ +128%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $32.00 ↑ +128%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $32.00 ↑ +128%
HORIZON HMO $32.18 ↑ +129%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $32.56 ↑ +132%
HORIZON PPO $33.02 ↑ +135%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $34.00 ↑ +142%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $34.37 ↑ +145%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $38.93 ↑ +177%
CIGNA HMO $64.38 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $64.38 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Immunodiffusion nes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $14.05 $14.05 – $64.38
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $14.05 $11.24 – $63.09
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $14.05 $14.05 – $66.12
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $14.05 $11.24 – $64.38
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $14.05 $14.05 – $64.38
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $14.05 $14.05 – $64.38
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $14.05 $14.05 – $64.38
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $14.05 $14.05 – $64.38

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