Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$230.26

Cash price

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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.

$715.00

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.

$62.44 with KARNA vs $954.00 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 $62.44 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $101.53 ↓ -56%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.70 ↓ -44%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $138.71 ↓ -40%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.69 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $210.69 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $210.69 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.69 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.69 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $221.22 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $276.31 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $421.14 ↑ +83%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $425.28 ↑ +85%
HORIZON OMNIA $465.75 ↑ +102%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $500.50 ↑ +117%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $500.50 ↑ +117%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $500.50 ↑ +117%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $512.51 ↑ +123%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $536.25 ↑ +133%
HORIZON PIP $552.70 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE HMO $555.56 ↑ +141%
QUALCARE PPO $555.56 ↑ +141%
HORIZON SHP $557.49 ↑ +142%
AETNA ASA $559.85 ↑ +143%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $572.00 ↑ +148%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $572.00 ↑ +148%
HORIZON HMO $575.22 ↑ +150%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $582.01 ↑ +153%
HORIZON PPO $590.30 ↑ +156%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $607.75 ↑ +164%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $613.00 ↑ +166%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $614.33 ↑ +167%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $629.20 ↑ +173%
AETNA HMO $641.14 ↑ +178%
AETNA PPO $641.14 ↑ +178%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $643.50 ↑ +179%
CIGNA HMO $683.75 ↑ +197%
CIGNA PPO $683.75 ↑ +197%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $695.84 ↑ +202%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $954.00 ↑ +314%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $233.20 $233.20 – $875.00
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $233.20 $62.44 – $1,013.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $230.26 $25.30 – $1,421.00

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