Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath 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

$3,769.31

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,755.00

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.

$678.47 with KARNA vs $14,134.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $678.47 ↓ -82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,101.21 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,395.90 ↓ -63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,504.47 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -58%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,448.97 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,448.97 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,448.97 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,448.97 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,448.97 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,448.97 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,621.42 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,769.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,523.17 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,051.61 ↑ +34%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,428.50 ↑ +44%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,428.50 ↑ +44%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,428.50 ↑ +44%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,816.25 ↑ +54%
HORIZON PIP $5,994.62 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE PPO $6,025.64 ↑ +60%
HORIZON SHP $6,046.57 ↑ +60%
AETNA ASA $6,072.17 ↑ +61%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $6,204.00 ↑ +65%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $6,204.00 ↑ +65%
HORIZON HMO $6,238.90 ↑ +66%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +66%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,312.57 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PPO $6,402.53 ↑ +70%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,591.75 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,663.10 ↑ +77%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,824.40 ↑ +81%
CIGNA HMO $6,970.97 ↑ +85%
CIGNA PPO $6,970.97 ↑ +85%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,547.17 ↑ +100%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +123%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +123%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +164%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +183%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,153.00 ↑ +196%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,134.00 ↑ +275%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $684.36 – $7,538.62
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,313.72 – $7,738.94
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,313.72 – $7,500.93
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,313.72 – $7,700.25
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $704.49 – $7,738.94
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $885.64 – $8,082.80
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,313.72 – $7,596.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,817.53 $3,817.53 – $4,581.03

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