Prp i/hern init block >5 yr 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

$3,856.84

Cash price

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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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$9,164.00

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.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,224.35 ↓ -68%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,301.29 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,649.52 ↓ -57%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,776.54 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,777.82 ↓ -54%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,529.06 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,705.51 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,628.21 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,969.43 ↑ +55%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $6,036.80 ↑ +57%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $6,036.80 ↑ +57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,036.80 ↑ +57%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN PNO $6,100.95 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +62%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,468.00 ↑ +68%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $6,899.20 ↑ +79%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $6,899.20 ↑ +79%
HORIZON PIP $7,083.77 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE PPO $7,120.43 ↑ +85%
HORIZON SHP $7,145.17 ↑ +85%
AETNA ASA $7,175.41 ↑ +86%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,330.40 ↑ +90%
HORIZON HMO $7,372.44 ↑ +91%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,459.50 ↑ +93%
HORIZON PPO $7,565.80 ↑ +96%
CIGNA HMO $7,803.86 ↑ +102%
CIGNA PPO $7,803.86 ↑ +102%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,873.71 ↑ +104%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,064.32 ↑ +109%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +118%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +118%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,918.40 ↑ +131%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +158%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +177%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,153.00 ↑ +189%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,134.00 ↑ +266%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Prp i/hern init block >5 yr at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $301.23 – $7,713.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $426.62 – $7,918.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $436.90 – $7,675.11
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $421.48 – $7,879.05
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $310.09 – $7,918.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $389.82 – $8,270.50
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $842.96 – $7,773.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41

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