Reprogram cochlear implt 7/> 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

$170.99

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$732.00

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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.

$74.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $660.80 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $98.12 ↓ -43%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.60 ↓ -37%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $124.38 ↓ -27%
HORIZON HMO $133.00 ↓ -22%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $134.05 ↓ -22%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $138.00 ↓ -19%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $156.46 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $156.46 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.58 ↓ -7%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.28 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $248.44 ↑ +45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $299.00 ↑ +75%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $366.00 ↑ +114%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $411.01 ↑ +140%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $439.20 ↑ +157%
HORIZON PIP $445.79 ↑ +161%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $445.79 ↑ +161%
HORIZON OMNIA $445.79 ↑ +161%
HORIZON PPO $445.79 ↑ +161%
HORIZON SHP $445.79 ↑ +161%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $446.94 ↑ +161%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +172%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $475.80 ↑ +178%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $512.40 ↑ +200%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $512.40 ↑ +200%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $512.40 ↑ +200%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $518.25 ↑ +203%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +208%
QUALCARE PPO $536.91 ↑ +214%
QUALCARE HMO $536.91 ↑ +214%
AETNA ASA $541.05 ↑ +216%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $585.60 ↑ +242%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $585.60 ↑ +242%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $587.35 ↑ +243%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $608.08 ↑ +256%
AETNA PPO $621.90 ↑ +264%
AETNA HMO $621.90 ↑ +264%
CIGNA HMO $660.80 ↑ +286%
CIGNA PPO $660.80 ↑ +286%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Reprogram cochlear implt 7/> at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $164.01 $123.74 – $351.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $111.26 – $487.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $74.00 – $627.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $107.60 – $443.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $111.26 – $994.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $173.33 $111.26 – $250.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $173.18 $107.60 – $465.00

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