Insertion of catheter vein 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

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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.

$4,419.00

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.

$627.50 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.

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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $627.50
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $645.83
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $795.42
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $857.29
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $867.47
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,810.00
HORIZON OMNIA $2,878.54
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,947.70
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,947.70
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,947.70
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,158.25
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,368.80
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,368.80
HORIZON PIP $3,415.89
QUALCARE PPO $3,433.56
HORIZON SHP $3,445.49
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,454.00
AETNA ASA $3,460.08
HORIZON HMO $3,555.09
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,579.35
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,597.07
HORIZON PPO $3,648.33
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,796.80
CIGNA PPO $3,810.53
CIGNA HMO $3,810.53
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,888.72
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,300.57
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00
AETNA PPO $8,419.00
AETNA HMO $8,419.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Insertion of catheter vein at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $339.15 – $339.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $600.50 – $909.36
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $359.10 – $1,143.20
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $654.36 – $654.36
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $4,350.00 $815.96 – $815.96
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $301.25 – $1,176.89
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $331.17 – $331.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $327.18 – $327.18

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →