Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,697.72
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.
$3,782.00
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.
$313.53 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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 | $313.53 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $537.04 | ↓ -68% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $680.76 | ↓ -60% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $733.71 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $771.53 | ↓ -55% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,553.44 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,553.44 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,553.44 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,553.44 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,553.44 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,631.11 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,697.72 | ↑ +0% |
| OXFORD - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,902.35 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,037.27 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,114.14 | ↑ +25% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,227.60 | ↑ +31% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↑ +32% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,249.53 | ↑ +33% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $2,263.81 | ↑ +33% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,487.04 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,519.00 | ↑ +48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,606.55 | ↑ +54% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,647.40 | ↑ +56% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,647.40 | ↑ +56% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,647.40 | ↑ +56% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,836.50 | ↑ +67% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,923.49 | ↑ +72% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,938.61 | ↑ +73% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,938.61 | ↑ +73% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,961.31 | ↑ +74% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,025.60 | ↑ +78% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,025.60 | ↑ +78% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,214.70 | ↑ +89% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,249.49 | ↑ +91% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,328.16 | ↑ +96% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,391.32 | ↑ +100% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,391.32 | ↑ +100% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,403.80 | ↑ +100% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,680.64 | ↑ +117% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,347.00 | ↑ +274% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,307.00 | ↑ +330% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,840.00 | ↑ +362% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,920.00 | ↑ +367% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,045.00 | ↑ +374% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,149.00 | ↑ +498% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $79.41 – $3,485.68 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $99.83 – $3,640.55 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,719.44 – $3,421.69 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,719.44 | $1,719.44 – $2,063.33 |