Iron at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$6.47
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.
$183.00
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.
$2.56 with AETNA vs $29.65 with CIGNA — 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 | $2.56 | ↓ -60% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.43 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.95 | ↓ -23% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.47 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.79 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $7.76 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.43 | ↑ +30% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $8.93 | ↑ +38% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $9.74 | ↑ +51% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $11.73 | ↑ +81% |
| AETNA | PPO | $12.38 | ↑ +91% |
| AETNA | HMO | $12.38 | ↑ +91% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $12.60 | ↑ +95% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $12.60 | ↑ +95% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $12.60 | ↑ +95% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $12.90 | ↑ +99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $13.28 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $13.50 | ↑ +109% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $13.91 | ↑ +115% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $13.91 | ↑ +115% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $13.91 | ↑ +115% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $14.03 | ↑ +117% |
| AETNA | ASA | $14.09 | ↑ +118% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $14.40 | ↑ +123% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.40 | ↑ +123% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $14.40 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $14.48 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $14.65 | ↑ +126% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $14.86 | ↑ +130% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $15.30 | ↑ +136% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $15.47 | ↑ +139% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $17.52 | ↑ +171% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $29.65 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $29.65 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Iron at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $42.00 | $15.23 – $15.23 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $7.12 | $3.04 – $30.74 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $7.12 | $3.04 – $26.70 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $7.12 | $3.04 – $26.70 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $7.12 | $3.04 – $26.70 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $24.00 | $5.18 – $5.34 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $7.12 | $3.04 – $26.70 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $7.12 | $3.04 – $26.70 |