Place gastrostomy tube perc 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

$2,073.18

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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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$4,618.00

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.

$405.71 with KARNA vs $10,671.00 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $405.71 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $655.76 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $831.24 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $895.89 ↓ -57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -43%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -24%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,896.99 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,991.84 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,073.18 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↑ +8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,487.82 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $2,519.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,008.17 ↑ +45%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,232.60 ↑ +56%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,232.60 ↑ +56%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,232.60 ↑ +56%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,463.50 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PIP $3,569.71 ↑ +72%
QUALCARE PPO $3,588.19 ↑ +73%
HORIZON SHP $3,600.65 ↑ +74%
AETNA ASA $3,615.89 ↑ +74%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,694.40 ↑ +78%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,694.40 ↑ +78%
HORIZON HMO $3,715.18 ↑ +79%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,759.05 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PPO $3,812.62 ↑ +84%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,925.30 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,967.79 ↑ +91%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,063.84 ↑ +96%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,494.24 ↑ +117%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +196%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +202%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +272%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +306%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +306%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +379%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +415%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Place gastrostomy tube perc at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $425.30 – $4,146.36
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $834.96 – $4,256.54
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $834.96 – $4,125.63
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $834.96 – $4,235.26
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $437.81 – $4,256.54
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $550.39 – $4,445.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $834.96 – $4,178.40
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,099.70 $2,099.70 – $2,519.64

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