Sarscov coronavirus ag ia 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

$35.33

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.

$124.00

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.

$17.61 with AETNA vs $120.68 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $17.61 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $23.62 ↓ -33%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $35.33 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.33 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35.33 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $35.33 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.10 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $42.40 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $49.75 ↑ +41%
QUALCARE HMO $61.50 ↑ +74%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $67.08 ↑ +90%
HORIZON OMNIA $80.77 ↑ +129%
AETNA HMO $85.31 ↑ +141%
AETNA PPO $85.31 ↑ +141%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $86.80 ↑ +146%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $86.80 ↑ +146%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $86.80 ↑ +146%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $88.88 ↑ +152%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $93.00 ↑ +163%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $93.10 ↑ +164%
QUALCARE PPO $95.85 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PIP $95.85 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $95.85 ↑ +171%
HORIZON SHP $96.68 ↑ +174%
AETNA ASA $97.09 ↑ +175%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $99.20 ↑ +181%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $99.20 ↑ +181%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $99.20 ↑ +181%
HORIZON HMO $99.76 ↑ +182%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $100.94 ↑ +186%
HORIZON PPO $102.37 ↑ +190%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $105.40 ↑ +198%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $106.54 ↑ +202%
CIGNA HMO $118.58 ↑ +236%
CIGNA PPO $118.58 ↑ +236%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $120.68 ↑ +242%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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