Proton treatment complex at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,393.98
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.
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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.
$1,275.51 with AETNA vs $2,233.47 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.
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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| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,275.51 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,275.51 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,275.51 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,275.51 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,275.51 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,275.51 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,339.29 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,393.98 | ↑ +0% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,406.02 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,672.78 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,781.64 | ↑ +28% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $2,233.47 | ↑ +60% |
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Proton treatment complex at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,411.81 | $1,411.81 – $1,694.17 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,502.12 | $1,006.57 – $2,514.31 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,413.04 | $1,275.51 – $2,233.47 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,411.81 | $1,406.02 – $1,694.17 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,502.12 | $1,110.36 – $1,637.31 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,413.04 | $1,413.04 – $1,695.64 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,411.81 | $778.61 – $1,694.17 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,393.98 | $1,393.98 – $1,672.78 |