Release of midfoot joint 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

$1,749.06

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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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$7,150.00

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.

$848.00 with HORIZON vs $19,834.00 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

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 $848.00 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,015.30 ↓ -42%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,287.00 ↓ -26%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,387.10 ↓ -21%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,396.02 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,600.41 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,600.41 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,600.41 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,600.41 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,600.41 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,600.41 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,680.43 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,749.06 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,098.87 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↑ +29%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↑ +36%
CIGNA PPO $2,519.00 ↑ +44%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,657.51 ↑ +166%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,005.00 ↑ +186%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,005.00 ↑ +186%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,005.00 ↑ +186%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,362.50 ↑ +207%
HORIZON PIP $5,526.95 ↑ +216%
QUALCARE PPO $5,555.55 ↑ +218%
HORIZON SHP $5,574.86 ↑ +219%
AETNA ASA $5,598.45 ↑ +220%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $5,720.00 ↑ +227%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $5,720.00 ↑ +227%
HORIZON HMO $5,752.18 ↑ +229%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,820.10 ↑ +233%
HORIZON PPO $5,903.04 ↑ +237%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,077.50 ↑ +247%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,143.28 ↑ +251%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +258%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,292.00 ↑ +260%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,958.38 ↑ +298%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +381%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +381%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +468%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +510%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,604.00 ↑ +792%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,834.00 ↑ +1034%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Release of midfoot joint at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $447.69 – $3,498.12
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $538.85 – $3,591.06
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $551.84 – $3,480.63
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $532.36 – $3,573.10
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $460.86 – $3,591.06
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $579.36 – $3,750.63
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,064.72 – $3,525.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,771.43 $1,771.43 – $2,125.72

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