Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

$126.19

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.

$561.00

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.

$60.00 with HORIZON vs $517.00 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.

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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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $64.33 ↓ -49%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $80.00 ↓ -37%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $81.54 ↓ -35%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $87.88 ↓ -30%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -18%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.00 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.30 ↓ -3%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $126.19 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $126.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $132.50 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $151.43 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.07 ↑ +32%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↑ +43%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +49%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $190.40 ↑ +51%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $193.00 ↑ +53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $193.00 ↑ +53%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC NON-MANAGED $205.00 ↑ +62%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC WORKERS COMP $205.00 ↑ +62%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC PIP $205.00 ↑ +62%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC MANAGED MEDICAID $205.00 ↑ +62%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +78%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE HMO $257.15 ↑ +104%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $278.00 ↑ +120%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $280.50 ↑ +122%
HORIZON OMNIA $295.08 ↑ +134%
QUALCARE PPO $300.33 ↑ +138%
AETNA HMO $329.47 ↑ +161%
AETNA PPO $329.47 ↑ +161%
HORIZON SHP $341.65 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PPO $341.65 ↑ +171%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $341.65 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PIP $341.65 ↑ +171%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $349.00 ↑ +177%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $353.00 ↑ +180%
AETNA ASA $354.70 ↑ +181%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $385.05 ↑ +205%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $389.22 ↑ +208%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $392.70 ↑ +211%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $392.70 ↑ +211%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $414.00 ↑ +228%
CIGNA PPO $433.20 ↑ +243%
CIGNA HMO $433.20 ↑ +243%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $440.86 ↑ +249%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $448.80 ↑ +256%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $448.80 ↑ +256%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $500.00 ↑ +296%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $517.00 ↑ +310%

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