Pul art balloon repr percut 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.

$16,513.00

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.

$1,018.25 with KARNA vs $24,438.00 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 $1,018.25 ↓ -92%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,344.85 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,972.34 ↓ -76%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,203.52 ↓ -74%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,014.00 ↓ -43%
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 MANAGED MEDICAID $9,821.93 ↓ -21%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↓ -14%
AETNA HMO $10,692.00 ↓ -14%
AETNA PPO $10,692.00 ↓ -14%
AETNA ASA $10,692.00 ↓ -14%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,340.57 ↓ -8%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $11,559.10 ↓ -7%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $11,559.10 ↓ -7%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $11,559.10 ↓ -7%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,907.60 ↓ -4%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $12,384.75 ↓ -0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,393.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $12,764.55 ↑ +3%
QUALCARE PPO $12,830.60 ↑ +4%
QUALCARE HMO $12,830.60 ↑ +4%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $13,210.40 ↑ +7%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $13,210.40 ↑ +7%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $14,036.05 ↑ +13%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $14,187.97 ↑ +14%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $14,531.44 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14,872.66 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $15,791.38 ↑ +27%
CIGNA PPO $15,791.38 ↑ +27%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $16,070.45 ↑ +30%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $17,878.00 ↑ +44%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,419.00 ↑ +49%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24,438.00 ↑ +97%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $3,449.52 $782.28 – $25,446.42
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,441.16 $782.28 – $25,319.19
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $3,390.91 $320.76 – $25,446.42
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12,552.42 $12,552.42 – $15,062.91
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13,355.34 $709.16 – $14,023.10
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $12,563.31 $954.00 – $17,039.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $12,552.42 $1,018.25 – $15,062.91
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $13,355.34 $939.69 – $14,557.32

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