Sept9 promoter methylation analysis 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

$192.00

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.

$651.00

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.

$92.44 with AETNA vs $879.81 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 $92.44 ↓ -52%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $124.02 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $131.45 ↓ -32%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $192.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $192.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $192.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.00 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $192.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $201.60 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $230.40 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.08 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $322.90 ↑ +68%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $352.19 ↑ +83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $394.08 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $424.06 ↑ +121%
AETNA PPO $447.89 ↑ +133%
AETNA HMO $447.89 ↑ +133%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $455.70 ↑ +137%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $455.70 ↑ +137%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $455.70 ↑ +137%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $466.64 ↑ +143%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $488.25 ↑ +154%
QUALCARE PPO $503.22 ↑ +162%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $503.22 ↑ +162%
HORIZON PIP $503.22 ↑ +162%
HORIZON SHP $507.58 ↑ +164%
AETNA ASA $509.73 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $520.80 ↑ +171%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $520.80 ↑ +171%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $520.80 ↑ +171%
HORIZON HMO $523.73 ↑ +173%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $529.91 ↑ +176%
HORIZON PPO $537.47 ↑ +180%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $553.35 ↑ +188%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $559.34 ↑ +191%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $633.55 ↑ +230%
CIGNA HMO $879.81 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $879.81 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Sept9 promoter methylation analysis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $211.20 $87.02 – $782.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $211.20 $54.89 – $782.44
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $211.20 $54.89 – $782.44
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $211.20 $54.89 – $782.44
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $211.20 $54.89 – $782.44
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