Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br 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

$12,393.88

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

$16,464.00

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.

$1,012.66 with KARNA vs $45,715.00 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 $1,012.66 ↓ -92%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,337.89 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,963.52 ↓ -76%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,194.02 ↓ -74%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,014.00 ↓ -43%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7,175.00 ↓ -42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,727.00 ↓ -38%
HORIZON SHP $8,000.00 ↓ -35%
HORIZON HMO $8,659.00 ↓ -30%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,750.00 ↓ -29%
HORIZON PPO $8,885.00 ↓ -28%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↓ -14%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $11,524.80 ↓ -7%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $11,524.80 ↓ -7%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $11,524.80 ↓ -7%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,907.60 ↓ -4%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $12,348.00 ↓ -0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,393.88 ↑ +0%
AETNA PPO $12,526.00 ↑ +1%
AETNA ASA $12,526.00 ↑ +1%
AETNA HMO $12,526.00 ↑ +1%
HORIZON PIP $12,726.67 ↑ +3%
QUALCARE PPO $12,792.53 ↑ +3%
QUALCARE HMO $12,792.53 ↑ +3%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $13,171.20 ↑ +6%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $13,171.20 ↑ +6%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $13,994.40 ↑ +13%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $14,145.87 ↑ +14%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $14,488.32 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14,872.66 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $15,744.52 ↑ +27%
CIGNA HMO $15,744.52 ↑ +27%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $16,022.76 ↑ +29%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $17,878.00 ↑ +44%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $44,370.00 ↑ +258%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $45,715.00 ↑ +269%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12,552.42 $12,552.42 – $15,062.91
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13,355.34 $403.34 – $14,023.10
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $12,563.31 $696.64 – $17,039.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $12,552.42 $1,012.66 – $15,062.91
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $13,355.34 $686.19 – $14,557.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $12,563.31 $870.80 – $16,987.60
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $12,552.42 $1,012.66 – $15,062.91
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $12,393.88 $1,012.66 – $14,872.66

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