Measure kidney pressure 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

$729.46

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.

$1,298.00

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.

$184.32 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $184.32 ↓ -75%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $233.64 ↓ -68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $234.11 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $251.81 ↓ -65%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $667.47 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $667.47 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $667.47 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $667.47 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $667.47 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $667.47 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $700.84 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $729.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $845.52 ↑ +16%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $848.00 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $875.36 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $908.60 ↑ +25%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $908.60 ↑ +25%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $908.60 ↑ +25%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $973.50 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PIP $1,003.35 ↑ +38%
QUALCARE PPO $1,008.55 ↑ +38%
HORIZON SHP $1,012.05 ↑ +39%
AETNA ASA $1,016.33 ↑ +39%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,038.40 ↑ +42%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,038.40 ↑ +42%
HORIZON HMO $1,044.24 ↑ +43%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,056.57 ↑ +45%
HORIZON PPO $1,071.63 ↑ +47%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,103.30 ↑ +51%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,115.24 ↑ +53%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,142.24 ↑ +57%
CIGNA HMO $1,174.56 ↑ +61%
CIGNA PPO $1,174.56 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +63%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,263.21 ↑ +73%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,090.00 ↑ +461%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,092.00 ↑ +598%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +758%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +1054%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +1054%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1262%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +1363%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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