Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$42.90

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.

$271.00

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.

$8.80 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $69.46 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.80 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.51 ↓ -78%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $12.76 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.00 ↓ -70%
QUALCARE HMO $33.23 ↓ -23%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $36.25 ↓ -16%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $39.25 ↓ -9%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $39.25 ↓ -9%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.21 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $43.64 ↑ +2%
AETNA PPO $46.10 ↑ +7%
AETNA HMO $46.10 ↑ +7%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $46.90 ↑ +9%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $46.90 ↑ +9%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $46.90 ↑ +9%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $48.03 ↑ +12%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $50.25 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.47 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE PPO $51.79 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $51.79 ↑ +21%
HORIZON PIP $51.79 ↑ +21%
HORIZON SHP $52.24 ↑ +22%
AETNA ASA $52.46 ↑ +22%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $53.60 ↑ +25%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $53.60 ↑ +25%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $53.60 ↑ +25%
HORIZON HMO $53.90 ↑ +26%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $54.54 ↑ +27%
HORIZON PPO $55.32 ↑ +29%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $56.95 ↑ +33%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.57 ↑ +34%
CIGNA HMO $64.07 ↑ +49%
CIGNA PPO $64.07 ↑ +49%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $65.20 ↑ +52%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.32 ↑ +62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $69.46 ↑ +62%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $32.84 $8.40 – $112.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $41.17 $8.40 – $112.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $32.28 $8.40 – $112.17
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $49.87 $8.40 – $112.17
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $41.07 – $69.46
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $14.27 – $70.78
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $43.48 $8.80 – $73.77
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $43.44 $41.07 – $75.63

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