Incise/drain eyelid lining 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

$1,058.50

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.

$5,698.00

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.

$227.82 with KARNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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 $227.82 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $809.12 ↓ -24%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $968.54 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $968.54 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $968.54 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $968.54 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $968.54 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $968.54 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,016.97 ↓ -4%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,025.64 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,058.50 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,105.41 ↑ +4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,270.20 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↑ +49%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,711.68 ↑ +251%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,988.60 ↑ +277%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,988.60 ↑ +277%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,988.60 ↑ +277%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,273.50 ↑ +304%
HORIZON PIP $4,404.55 ↑ +316%
QUALCARE PPO $4,427.35 ↑ +318%
HORIZON SHP $4,442.73 ↑ +320%
AETNA ASA $4,461.53 ↑ +321%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,558.40 ↑ +331%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,558.40 ↑ +331%
HORIZON HMO $4,584.04 ↑ +333%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,638.17 ↑ +338%
HORIZON PPO $4,704.27 ↑ +344%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,843.30 ↑ +358%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,895.72 ↑ +363%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,014.24 ↑ +374%
CIGNA HMO $5,121.93 ↑ +384%
CIGNA PPO $5,121.93 ↑ +384%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,545.29 ↑ +424%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +480%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +491%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +629%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +695%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +695%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +838%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +908%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Incise/drain eyelid lining at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,072.04 $1,072.04 – $1,286.45
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,140.61 $237.09 – $1,197.64
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,072.97 $38.72 – $1,072.97
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,072.04 $227.82 – $1,286.45
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,140.61 $237.09 – $1,243.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,072.97 $237.09 – $1,287.56
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,072.04 $227.82 – $1,286.45
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,058.50 $227.82 – $1,270.20

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