Ophthalmic biometry at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$140.87
Cash price 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.
$301.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.74 with AETNA vs $10,149.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $42.74 | ↓ -70% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $54.18 | ↓ -62% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $58.39 | ↓ -59% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $79.02 | ↓ -44% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.90 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $128.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.90 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.90 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $128.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.90 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $135.35 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $140.87 | ↑ +0% |
| OXFORD - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $151.40 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $168.26 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $169.05 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $177.29 | ↑ +26% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $179.03 | ↑ +27% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $197.94 | ↑ +41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $207.45 | ↑ +47% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $210.70 | ↑ +50% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $210.70 | ↑ +50% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $210.70 | ↑ +50% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $225.75 | ↑ +60% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $232.67 | ↑ +65% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $233.88 | ↑ +66% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $233.88 | ↑ +66% |
| AETNA | ASA | $235.68 | ↑ +67% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $240.80 | ↑ +71% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $240.80 | ↑ +71% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $255.85 | ↑ +82% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $258.62 | ↑ +84% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $264.88 | ↑ +88% |
| AETNA | HMO | $269.91 | ↑ +92% |
| AETNA | PPO | $269.91 | ↑ +92% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $270.90 | ↑ +92% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $272.37 | ↑ +93% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $272.37 | ↑ +93% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $292.93 | ↑ +108% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,347.00 | ↑ +4406% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,307.00 | ↑ +5087% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,840.00 | ↑ +5465% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,920.00 | ↑ +5522% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,045.00 | ↑ +5611% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +7105% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Ophthalmic biometry at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $142.67 | $142.67 – $171.21 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $151.80 | $82.50 – $159.39 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $142.80 | $82.50 – $142.80 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $142.67 | $79.02 – $171.21 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $151.80 | $78.80 – $165.46 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $142.80 | $82.50 – $171.36 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $142.67 | $79.02 – $171.21 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $140.87 | $79.02 – $169.05 |