Mucopolysaccharides 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

$28.50

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.

$1,485.00

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.

$14.30 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $289.04 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.30 ↓ -50%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.50 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $28.50 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $28.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $28.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $28.50 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.50 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.93 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $34.20 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.12 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $42.17 ↑ +48%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $56.58 ↑ +99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $58.50 ↑ +105%
CIGNA HMO $130.60 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $130.60 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $147.31 ↑ +417%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $160.68 ↑ +464%
HORIZON OMNIA $193.47 ↑ +579%
AETNA HMO $204.34 ↑ +617%
AETNA PPO $204.34 ↑ +617%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $207.90 ↑ +629%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $207.90 ↑ +629%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $207.90 ↑ +629%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $212.89 ↑ +647%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $222.75 ↑ +682%
QUALCARE PPO $229.58 ↑ +706%
HORIZON PIP $229.58 ↑ +706%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $229.58 ↑ +706%
HORIZON SHP $231.57 ↑ +713%
AETNA ASA $232.55 ↑ +716%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $237.60 ↑ +734%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $237.60 ↑ +734%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $237.60 ↑ +734%
HORIZON HMO $238.94 ↑ +738%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $241.76 ↑ +748%
HORIZON PPO $245.20 ↑ +760%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $252.45 ↑ +786%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $255.18 ↑ +795%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $289.04 ↑ +914%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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