Pr egd flexible transoral w/placement percutaneous gastrostomy tube at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$2,073.18
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.
$4,180.00
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.
$406.19 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.
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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $406.19 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $486.78 | ↓ -77% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $617.04 | ↓ -70% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $665.03 | ↓ -68% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,115.00 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -43% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,896.99 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,896.99 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,896.99 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,896.99 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,896.99 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,896.99 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,991.84 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,073.18 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,233.00 | ↑ +8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,487.82 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,571.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,649.84 | ↑ +28% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,663.56 | ↑ +28% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,672.81 | ↑ +29% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,684.12 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,757.83 | ↑ +33% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,790.39 | ↑ +35% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,830.16 | ↑ +37% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,913.80 | ↑ +41% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,913.80 | ↑ +41% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,926.00 | ↑ +41% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,926.00 | ↑ +41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,945.34 | ↑ +42% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,016.64 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,137.00 | ↑ +51% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,336.13 | ↑ +61% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,344.00 | ↑ +61% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,344.00 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,511.00 | ↑ +69% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,662.00 | ↑ +77% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,662.00 | ↑ +77% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,137.00 | ↑ +196% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +202% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,714.00 | ↑ +272% |
| 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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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $99.94 – $4,146.36 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $2,128.27 – $4,256.54 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $2,073.18 – $4,125.63 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $2,128.27 – $4,235.26 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $102.88 – $4,256.54 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $129.33 – $4,445.68 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $2,099.70 – $4,178.40 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,099.70 | $2,099.70 – $2,519.64 |