Perit-vens shunt pat tst 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

$439.15

Cash price

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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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$1,792.00

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.

$229.16 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,612.80 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.

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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 $229.16 ↓ -48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $254.46 ↓ -42%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $322.56 ↓ -27%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $330.19 ↓ -25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $335.90 ↓ -24%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $341.38 ↓ -22%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $347.65 ↓ -21%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $401.83 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $401.83 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $401.83 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $421.92 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.15 ↑ +0%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $447.51 ↑ +2%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $526.98 ↑ +20%
AETNA HMO $624.27 ↑ +42%
AETNA PPO $624.27 ↑ +42%
CIGNA HMO $762.36 ↑ +74%
CIGNA PPO $762.36 ↑ +74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +133%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,167.31 ↑ +166%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,254.40 ↑ +186%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,254.40 ↑ +186%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,254.40 ↑ +186%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,284.51 ↑ +192%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,344.00 ↑ +206%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,385.22 ↑ +215%
HORIZON PIP $1,385.22 ↑ +215%
QUALCARE HMO $1,385.22 ↑ +215%
QUALCARE PPO $1,385.22 ↑ +215%
HORIZON SHP $1,397.22 ↑ +218%
AETNA ASA $1,403.14 ↑ +220%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,433.60 ↑ +226%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,433.60 ↑ +226%
HORIZON HMO $1,441.66 ↑ +228%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,458.69 ↑ +232%
HORIZON PPO $1,479.48 ↑ +237%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,523.20 ↑ +247%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,612.80 ↑ +267%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Perit-vens shunt pat tst at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $320.22 $52.81 – $1,046.31
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $229.16 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $47.87 – $1,166.24
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $445.16 $295.26 – $1,081.39
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $444.77 $229.16 – $1,158.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $473.22 $52.81 – $1,021.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $445.16 $72.45 – $1,021.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $444.77 $45.08 – $1,021.05

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