Kidney endoscopy & treatment 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

$5,555.79

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.

$9,503.00

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.

$795.89 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $795.89 ↓ -86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $848.00 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,349.43 ↓ -76%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,710.54 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,843.58 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↓ -60%
CIGNA PPO $2,519.00 ↓ -55%
AETNA ASA $3,662.00 ↓ -34%
AETNA PPO $3,662.00 ↓ -34%
AETNA HMO $3,662.00 ↓ -34%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,083.62 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,083.62 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,083.62 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,083.62 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,083.62 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,083.62 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,337.80 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,555.79 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,190.25 ↑ +11%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +13%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,652.10 ↑ +20%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $6,652.10 ↑ +20%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $6,652.10 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6,666.94 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,127.25 ↑ +28%
HORIZON PIP $7,345.82 ↑ +32%
QUALCARE PPO $7,383.83 ↑ +33%
HORIZON SHP $7,409.49 ↑ +33%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $7,602.40 ↑ +37%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $7,602.40 ↑ +37%
HORIZON HMO $7,645.16 ↑ +38%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,735.44 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PPO $7,845.68 ↑ +41%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,077.55 ↑ +45%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,164.98 ↑ +47%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,362.64 ↑ +51%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,248.32 ↑ +66%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +86%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +92%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $242.14 – $11,111.58
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