Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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

$863.44

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.

$2,709.00

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.

$168.50 with AETNA vs $2,636.40 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 HMO $168.50 ↓ -80%
AETNA PPO $168.50 ↓ -80%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $279.09 ↓ -68%
CIGNA PPO $299.87 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HMO $299.87 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $384.68 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $457.48 ↓ -47%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $487.62 ↓ -44%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $516.06 ↓ -40%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $525.55 ↓ -39%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $790.06 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.06 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.06 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $790.06 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.06 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.06 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $829.56 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $863.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,036.13 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $1,343.66 ↑ +56%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,465.57 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,764.64 ↑ +104%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,896.30 ↑ +120%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,896.30 ↑ +120%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,896.30 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,936.35 ↑ +124%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,941.81 ↑ +125%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,031.75 ↑ +135%
QUALCARE PPO $2,094.06 ↑ +143%
HORIZON PIP $2,094.06 ↑ +143%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,094.06 ↑ +143%
HORIZON SHP $2,112.21 ↑ +145%
AETNA ASA $2,121.15 ↑ +146%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,167.20 ↑ +151%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $2,167.20 ↑ +151%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $2,167.20 ↑ +151%
HORIZON HMO $2,179.39 ↑ +152%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,205.13 ↑ +155%
HORIZON PPO $2,236.55 ↑ +159%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,302.65 ↑ +167%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,327.57 ↑ +170%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,636.40 ↑ +205%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $520.49 $78.96 – $1,726.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $587.59 $137.76 – $1,772.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $575.12 $137.76 – $1,718.25
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $577.61 $81.28 – $1,772.76
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $606.73 $137.76 – $1,740.24
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $874.49 $168.50 – $1,936.35
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $930.42 $124.88 – $2,211.69
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $875.24 $292.24 – $2,050.78

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