Intro cath dialysis circuit 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

$1,697.72

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.

$8,525.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA 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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $334.37 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,210.55 ↓ -29%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,534.50 ↓ -10%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,553.44 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,553.44 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,553.44 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,553.44 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,553.44 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,553.44 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -7%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,631.11 ↓ -4%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,653.85 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,697.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,037.27 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,553.19 ↑ +227%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,621.00 ↑ +231%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,621.00 ↑ +231%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,621.00 ↑ +231%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,022.50 ↑ +255%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +261%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +268%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $6,424.00 ↑ +278%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $6,424.00 ↑ +278%
HORIZON PIP $6,589.83 ↑ +288%
QUALCARE PPO $6,623.93 ↑ +290%
HORIZON SHP $6,646.94 ↑ +292%
AETNA ASA $6,675.08 ↑ +293%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,825.50 ↑ +302%
HORIZON HMO $6,858.36 ↑ +304%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,939.35 ↑ +309%
HORIZON PPO $7,038.24 ↑ +315%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,324.68 ↑ +331%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,502.00 ↑ +342%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +354%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,296.53 ↑ +389%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +396%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +396%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +485%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +529%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $361.08 – $3,395.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $491.10 – $3,485.68
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $491.10 – $3,378.46
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $491.10 – $3,468.25
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $371.70 – $3,485.68
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $467.28 – $3,640.55
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $491.10 – $3,421.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,719.44 $1,719.44 – $2,063.33

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