Insertion of catheter vein at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
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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.
$1,311.00
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.
$186.16 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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $186.16 | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $235.98 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $254.33 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.44 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $364.04 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $853.99 | — |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $917.70 | — |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $917.70 | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $917.70 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $983.25 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,013.40 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,018.65 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,022.19 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,026.51 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,048.80 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,048.80 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,054.70 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,067.15 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,082.36 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,114.35 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,126.41 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,153.68 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,186.32 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,186.32 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,275.87 | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,810.00 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,454.00 | — |
| 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 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Insertion of catheter vein at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $210.82 – $210.82 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $215.90 – $215.90 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $92.20 – $382.27 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $115.91 – $228.60 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $416.56 – $416.56 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick | $5,741.00 | $191.77 – $191.77 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $208.28 – $208.28 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | not published | not published |