Resect leg/ankle tum 5 cm/> 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

$3,127.88

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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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$7,482.00

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.

$1,062.44 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,062.44 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,346.76 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,451.51 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,797.00 ↓ -43%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,610.97 ↓ -17%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,862.05 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,862.05 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,862.05 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,862.05 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,862.05 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,862.05 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,005.15 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,753.45 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,873.77 ↑ +56%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,237.40 ↑ +67%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,237.40 ↑ +67%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,237.40 ↑ +67%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,611.50 ↑ +79%
HORIZON PIP $5,783.59 ↑ +85%
QUALCARE PPO $5,813.51 ↑ +86%
HORIZON SHP $5,833.72 ↑ +87%
AETNA ASA $5,858.41 ↑ +87%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $5,985.60 ↑ +91%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $5,985.60 ↑ +91%
HORIZON HMO $6,019.27 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,090.35 ↑ +95%
HORIZON PPO $6,177.14 ↑ +97%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +100%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,359.70 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,428.53 ↑ +106%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,584.16 ↑ +110%
CIGNA HMO $6,725.57 ↑ +115%
CIGNA PPO $6,725.57 ↑ +115%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,281.48 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,183.00 ↑ +162%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +169%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +169%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +218%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,334.00 ↑ +230%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +241%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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