Insert lens prosthesis at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$2,492.56
Cash price 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.
$3,794.00
Gross charge 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.
$538.75 with AETNA 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $538.75 | ↓ -78% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $682.92 | ↓ -73% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $736.04 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -52% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,586.57 | ↓ -36% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,967.00 | ↓ -21% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,280.73 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,280.73 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,280.73 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,280.73 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,280.73 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,280.73 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,394.77 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,471.41 | ↓ -1% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,492.56 | ↑ +0% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,655.80 | ↑ +7% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,655.80 | ↑ +7% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,655.80 | ↑ +7% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,845.50 | ↑ +14% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,932.76 | ↑ +18% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,947.94 | ↑ +18% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,958.18 | ↑ +19% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,970.70 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,991.08 | ↑ +20% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,035.20 | ↑ +22% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,035.20 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,052.27 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,088.32 | ↑ +24% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,132.33 | ↑ +26% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,224.90 | ↑ +29% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,259.80 | ↑ +31% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,338.72 | ↑ +34% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,433.19 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,433.19 | ↑ +38% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,692.32 | ↑ +48% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +151% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,183.00 | ↑ +228% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +238% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +238% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +299% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,334.00 | ↑ +315% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +328% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $652.38 – $5,117.60 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $668.10 – $4,960.19 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $644.52 – $5,092.01 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $505.16 – $5,344.98 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,289.04 – $5,023.66 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,524.45 | $2,524.45 – $3,029.34 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $2,685.92 | $1,650.38 – $2,820.22 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2,526.64 | $786.00 – $2,526.64 |