Russell viper venom diluted 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

$9.58

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.

$140.00

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.

$4.83 with AETNA vs $43.90 with CIGNA — 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 $4.83 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $6.48 ↓ -32%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.58 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.58 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.58 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.58 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.06 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $11.50 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.48 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $16.86 ↑ +76%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18.39 ↑ +92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19.66 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $22.15 ↑ +131%
AETNA PPO $23.39 ↑ +144%
AETNA HMO $23.39 ↑ +144%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $23.80 ↑ +148%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $23.80 ↑ +148%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $23.80 ↑ +148%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $24.37 ↑ +154%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↑ +166%
QUALCARE PPO $26.28 ↑ +174%
HORIZON PIP $26.28 ↑ +174%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $26.28 ↑ +174%
HORIZON SHP $26.51 ↑ +177%
AETNA ASA $26.62 ↑ +178%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $27.20 ↑ +184%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $27.20 ↑ +184%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.20 ↑ +184%
HORIZON HMO $27.35 ↑ +185%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $27.68 ↑ +189%
HORIZON PPO $28.07 ↑ +193%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $28.90 ↑ +202%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $29.21 ↑ +205%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $33.09 ↑ +245%
CIGNA HMO $43.90 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $43.90 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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