Remove spine eltrd perq aray 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

$2,134.14

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.

$7,303.00

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.

$686.20 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 $686.20 ↓ -68%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,037.03 ↓ -51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,129.61 ↓ -47%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -44%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,314.54 ↓ -38%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,575.00 ↓ -26%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.77 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.77 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,952.77 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.77 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,952.77 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,952.77 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,050.41 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,134.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,560.97 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,677.80 ↑ +72%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,677.80 ↑ +72%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,677.80 ↑ +72%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,940.50 ↑ +85%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,203.20 ↑ +97%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,203.20 ↑ +97%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,465.90 ↑ +109%
CIGNA PPO $4,754.34 ↑ +123%
CIGNA HMO $4,754.34 ↑ +123%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,757.17 ↑ +123%
HORIZON PIP $5,645.22 ↑ +165%
QUALCARE PPO $5,674.43 ↑ +166%
HORIZON SHP $5,694.15 ↑ +167%
AETNA ASA $5,718.25 ↑ +168%
HORIZON HMO $5,875.26 ↑ +175%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,944.64 ↑ +179%
HORIZON PPO $6,029.36 ↑ +183%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +193%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,274.74 ↑ +194%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,426.64 ↑ +201%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,107.28 ↑ +233%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +283%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +294%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +294%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +365%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +384%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +400%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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