Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter 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

$9,044.65

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$11,070.00

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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.

$104.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $10,853.58 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -99%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↓ -98%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↓ -98%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $322.53 ↓ -96%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,571.94 ↓ -83%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,992.60 ↓ -78%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,147.58 ↓ -76%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,413.26 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,757.16 ↓ -58%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $5,535.00 ↓ -39%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $6,584.44 ↓ -27%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,642.00 ↓ -27%
HORIZON PIP $6,741.63 ↓ -25%
HORIZON SHP $6,741.63 ↓ -25%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,741.63 ↓ -25%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,741.63 ↓ -25%
HORIZON PPO $6,741.63 ↓ -25%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,160.08 ↓ -21%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $7,195.50 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,629.44 ↓ -16%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $7,749.00 ↓ -14%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,749.00 ↓ -14%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $7,749.00 ↓ -14%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8,275.98 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,275.98 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8,275.98 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,275.98 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,275.98 ↓ -8%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8,302.50 ↓ -8%
QUALCARE HMO $8,601.39 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE PPO $8,601.39 ↓ -5%
AETNA ASA $8,667.81 ↓ -4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,689.78 ↓ -4%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $8,856.00 ↓ -2%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $8,856.00 ↓ -2%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9,409.50 ↑ +4%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9,511.34 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,741.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA PPO $9,926.47 ↑ +10%
AETNA HMO $9,926.47 ↑ +10%
CIGNA PPO $10,586.24 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HMO $10,586.24 ↑ +17%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10,773.32 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $10,853.58 ↑ +20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $283.86 – $18,569.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $290.70 – $17,998.85
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $280.44 – $18,477.13
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $102.70 – $19,395.12
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $560.88 – $18,229.10
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $9,160.35 $9,160.35 – $10,992.42
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $9,746.29 $329.78 – $10,233.61
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $9,168.30 $104.00 – $9,168.30

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