Palingen or promatrx at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
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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.
$1,844.50
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.
$278.72 with CLOVER vs $1,393.61 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 |
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| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $278.72 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $315.89 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $450.45 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $487.76 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $487.76 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $492.72 | — |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $696.81 | — |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $696.81 | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $704.60 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $704.60 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $704.60 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $724.68 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $724.68 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $725.30 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $725.30 | — |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $725.30 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $725.30 | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $725.30 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $725.30 | — |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $758.75 | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $774.23 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $774.23 | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $774.23 | — |
| OXFORD - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $778.88 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $837.72 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $837.72 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $865.59 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $912.04 | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $921.02 | — |
| CIGNA - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $929.08 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $929.08 | — |
| AETNA | PPO | $944.56 | — |
| AETNA | HMO | $944.56 | — |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,083.92 | — |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,083.92 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,212.44 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,238.77 | — |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,238.77 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,283.69 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,316.19 | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,393.61 | — |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $422.91 | $1,240.02 – $9,113.40 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $341.02 | $1,240.02 – $1,561.98 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $333.78 | $1,240.02 – $1,523.88 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $320.10 | $1,240.02 – $1,561.98 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $335.23 | $1,240.02 – $1,561.98 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $334.42 | $1,240.02 – $1,523.88 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $352.13 | $1,240.02 – $1,561.98 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $369.28 | $1,240.02 – $1,523.88 |