Mnt subs tx for change dx 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

$34.61

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.

$120.00

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.

$17.04 with AETNA vs $527.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $17.04 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.60 ↓ -38%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $23.28 ↓ -33%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $34.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $34.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $34.61 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.34 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $41.53 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.18 ↑ +36%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $70.68 ↑ +104%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $71.38 ↑ +106%
HORIZON OMNIA $78.17 ↑ +126%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $84.00 ↑ +143%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $84.00 ↑ +143%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $84.00 ↑ +143%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $86.02 ↑ +149%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $90.00 ↑ +160%
HORIZON PIP $92.76 ↑ +168%
QUALCARE PPO $93.24 ↑ +169%
QUALCARE HMO $93.24 ↑ +169%
HORIZON SHP $93.56 ↑ +170%
AETNA ASA $93.96 ↑ +171%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $96.00 ↑ +177%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $96.00 ↑ +177%
HORIZON HMO $96.54 ↑ +179%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $97.68 ↑ +182%
HORIZON PPO $99.07 ↑ +186%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $102.00 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $105.60 ↑ +205%
AETNA PPO $107.60 ↑ +211%
AETNA HMO $107.60 ↑ +211%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $108.00 ↑ +212%
CIGNA PPO $114.76 ↑ +232%
CIGNA HMO $114.76 ↑ +232%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $310.00 ↑ +796%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $319.00 ↑ +822%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +1244%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +1423%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Mnt subs tx for change dx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $31.99 $12.95 – $197.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $34.61 $34.61 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $34.61 $27.69 – $1,496.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $34.61 $15.60 – $792.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $34.61 $27.69 – $443.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $34.61 $15.37 – $981.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $34.61 $19.50 – $308.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $34.61 $34.61 – $465.00

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