Pt application of modality >=1 area ultrasound each 15 minutes 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

$17.72

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.

$150.00

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.

$17.72 with AETNA vs $500.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC — 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
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $19.74 ↑ +11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $21.26 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.36 ↑ +32%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.02 ↑ +41%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $26.97 ↑ +52%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.70 ↑ +85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $50.91 ↑ +187%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↑ +239%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $75.00 ↑ +323%
HORIZON OMNIA $90.54 ↑ +411%
HORIZON PIP $91.35 ↑ +416%
HORIZON SHP $91.35 ↑ +416%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $91.35 ↑ +416%
HORIZON PPO $91.35 ↑ +416%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $99.64 ↑ +462%
AETNA PPO $101.09 ↑ +470%
AETNA HMO $101.09 ↑ +470%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↑ +487%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $105.00 ↑ +493%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $105.00 ↑ +493%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $105.00 ↑ +493%
QUALCARE PPO $108.00 ↑ +509%
AETNA ASA $108.84 ↑ +514%
HORIZON HMO $111.83 ↑ +531%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.00 ↑ +555%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $118.15 ↑ +567%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $119.43 ↑ +574%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $120.00 ↑ +577%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $120.00 ↑ +577%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $125.10 ↑ +606%
CIGNA PPO $132.93 ↑ +650%
CIGNA HMO $132.93 ↑ +650%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $135.27 ↑ +663%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $193.00 ↑ +989%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $193.00 ↑ +989%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC PIP $205.00 ↑ +1057%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC MANAGED MEDICAID $205.00 ↑ +1057%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC WORKERS COMP $205.00 ↑ +1057%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC NON-MANAGED $205.00 ↑ +1057%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +1164%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +1164%
QUALCARE HMO $257.15 ↑ +1351%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $278.00 ↑ +1469%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.00 ↑ +1542%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $353.00 ↑ +1892%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $414.00 ↑ +2236%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $500.00 ↑ +2722%

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Pt application of modality >=1 area ultrasound each 15 minutes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $57.00 $237.00 – $394.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17.72 $17.72 – $447.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $17.72 $14.18 – $406.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17.72 $17.72 – $525.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17.72 $14.18 – $561.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $17.72 $10.36 – $558.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17.72 $17.72 – $471.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17.72 $17.72 – $464.00

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