Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$1,770.73
Cash price 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.
$4,490.00
Gross charge 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.
$199.99 with KARNA 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $199.99 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $637.58 | ↓ -64% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $808.20 | ↓ -54% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $848.00 | ↓ -52% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $871.06 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $915.96 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -33% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,620.24 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,701.25 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,770.73 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,124.87 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,248.00 | ↑ +27% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,519.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $2,847.29 | ↑ +61% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,924.79 | ↑ +65% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $3,143.00 | ↑ +77% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $3,143.00 | ↑ +77% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,143.00 | ↑ +77% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,367.50 | ↑ +90% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,470.77 | ↑ +96% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,488.73 | ↑ +97% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,500.85 | ↑ +98% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,515.67 | ↑ +99% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,592.00 | ↑ +103% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,592.00 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,612.21 | ↑ +104% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,654.86 | ↑ +106% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,706.94 | ↑ +109% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,816.50 | ↑ +116% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,857.81 | ↑ +118% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,951.20 | ↑ +123% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $4,369.67 | ↑ +147% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,137.00 | ↑ +247% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +253% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,714.00 | ↑ +336% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +375% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +375% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +461% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,671.00 | ↑ +503% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $49.20 – $3,541.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $66.85 – $3,635.56 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $68.46 – $3,523.75 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $66.04 – $3,617.38 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $50.65 – $3,635.56 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $63.68 – $3,797.10 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $132.09 – $3,568.83 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,793.38 | $1,793.38 – $2,152.05 |