Remove tonsils and adenoids 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

$6,465.11

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.

$10,303.00

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.

$612.28 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 $612.28 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -82%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,277.00 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,302.99 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,651.68 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,780.14 ↓ -72%
CIGNA HMO $3,588.00 ↓ -45%
CIGNA PPO $4,015.00 ↓ -38%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,915.66 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,915.66 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,915.66 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,915.66 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,915.66 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,915.66 ↓ -8%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,977.25 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,211.44 ↓ -4%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,465.11 ↑ +0%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,882.00 ↑ +6%
HORIZON PIP $7,093.05 ↑ +10%
QUALCARE PPO $7,129.75 ↑ +10%
HORIZON SHP $7,154.53 ↑ +11%
AETNA ASA $7,184.81 ↑ +11%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,212.10 ↑ +12%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $7,212.10 ↑ +12%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $7,212.10 ↑ +12%
HORIZON HMO $7,382.09 ↑ +14%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,469.26 ↑ +16%
HORIZON PPO $7,575.71 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,758.13 ↑ +20%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,799.60 ↑ +21%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,884.02 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,074.88 ↑ +25%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +27%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $8,242.40 ↑ +27%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $8,242.40 ↑ +27%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +30%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,930.08 ↑ +38%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +60%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +65%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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