Release muscles of hand 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

$3,545.97

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.

$6,199.00

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.

$880.26 with AETNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $880.26 ↓ -75%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,115.82 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,202.61 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,277.00 ↓ -64%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,374.77 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,244.61 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,244.61 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,244.61 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,244.61 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,244.61 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,244.61 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,406.84 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,588.00 ↑ +1%
CIGNA PPO $4,015.00 ↑ +13%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,038.03 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,255.16 ↑ +20%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $4,339.30 ↑ +22%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,339.30 ↑ +22%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $4,339.30 ↑ +22%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,649.25 ↑ +31%
HORIZON PIP $4,791.83 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE PPO $4,816.62 ↑ +36%
HORIZON SHP $4,833.36 ↑ +36%
AETNA ASA $4,853.82 ↑ +37%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,959.20 ↑ +40%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,959.20 ↑ +40%
HORIZON HMO $4,987.10 ↑ +41%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,045.99 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PPO $5,117.89 ↑ +44%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,269.15 ↑ +49%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,326.18 ↑ +50%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,455.12 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,032.87 ↑ +70%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +118%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +137%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +137%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +201%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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