Implant spine infusion pump 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

$19,315.69

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.

$27,002.00

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.

$927.20 with KARNA vs $36,541.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $927.20 ↓ -95%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,115.00 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↓ -84%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↓ -82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,834.28 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,860.36 ↓ -75%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,238.39 ↓ -73%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -68%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,014.00 ↓ -64%
HORIZON SHP $8,000.00 ↓ -59%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↓ -56%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↓ -56%
HORIZON HMO $8,659.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,750.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON PPO $8,885.00 ↓ -54%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -49%
QUALCARE PPO $10,231.00 ↓ -47%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↓ -45%
AETNA ASA $10,692.00 ↓ -45%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,822.00 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $13,972.00 ↓ -28%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,603.00 ↓ -19%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $15,795.00 ↓ -18%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,674.12 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,674.12 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,674.12 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,674.12 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17,674.12 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17,674.12 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,557.83 ↓ -4%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $18,901.40 ↓ -2%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $18,901.40 ↓ -2%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $18,901.40 ↓ -2%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19,315.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $20,872.55 ↑ +8%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $21,601.60 ↑ +12%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $21,601.60 ↑ +12%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $22,951.70 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $23,178.83 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $28,653.00 ↑ +48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36,541.00 ↑ +89%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Implant spine infusion pump at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $19,562.78 $19,562.78 – $23,475.33
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $20,814.10 $956.05 – $21,854.81
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $19,579.74 $956.05 – $19,579.74
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $19,562.78 $927.20 – $23,475.33
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $20,814.10 $956.05 – $22,687.37
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $19,579.74 $956.05 – $23,495.69
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $19,562.78 $927.20 – $23,475.33
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $19,315.69 $927.20 – $23,178.83

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