Infect ag ia optc obs influenza 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

$16.55

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.

$99.00

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.

$13.39 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $96.35 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
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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.39 ↓ -19%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.06 ↓ -15%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.55 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.55 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.55 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.55 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.55 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.38 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $18.86 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $19.86 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.56 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $33.97 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $49.10 ↑ +197%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $53.56 ↑ +224%
HORIZON OMNIA $64.49 ↑ +290%
AETNA PPO $68.11 ↑ +312%
AETNA HMO $68.11 ↑ +312%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $69.30 ↑ +319%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $69.30 ↑ +319%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $69.30 ↑ +319%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $70.96 ↑ +329%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $74.25 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $75.84 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $75.84 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE PPO $76.53 ↑ +362%
HORIZON PIP $76.53 ↑ +362%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $76.53 ↑ +362%
HORIZON SHP $77.19 ↑ +366%
AETNA ASA $77.52 ↑ +368%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $79.20 ↑ +379%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $79.20 ↑ +379%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $79.20 ↑ +379%
HORIZON HMO $79.65 ↑ +381%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $80.59 ↑ +387%
HORIZON PPO $81.73 ↑ +394%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $84.15 ↑ +408%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $85.06 ↑ +414%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $96.35 ↑ +482%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $16.55 $16.55 – $75.84
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.55 $9.28 – $74.32
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.55 $13.39 – $77.89
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $16.55 $16.55 – $75.84
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.55 $7.18 – $75.84
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