Removal of salivary stone 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

$3,544.29

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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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$5,304.00

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.

$725.56 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.

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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 $725.56 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $753.17 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $954.72 ↓ -73%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,028.98 ↓ -71%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,115.00 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↓ -11%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,405.22 ↓ -4%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,455.03 ↓ -3%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,712.80 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,712.80 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,712.80 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,978.00 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PIP $4,099.99 ↑ +16%
QUALCARE PPO $4,121.21 ↑ +16%
HORIZON SHP $4,135.53 ↑ +17%
AETNA ASA $4,153.03 ↑ +17%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,243.20 ↑ +20%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,243.20 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,253.14 ↑ +20%
HORIZON HMO $4,267.07 ↑ +20%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,317.46 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PPO $4,378.98 ↑ +24%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,508.40 ↑ +27%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,557.20 ↑ +29%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,667.52 ↑ +32%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,161.85 ↑ +46%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +118%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +138%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +138%
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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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $277.65 – $7,088.58
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