Sigmoidoscopy flex decompression 45337 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

$996.39

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$2,662.00

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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.

$231.74 with KARNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.74 ↓ -77%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $378.00 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $479.16 ↓ -52%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $516.43 ↓ -48%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $848.00 ↓ -15%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $911.71 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $911.71 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $911.71 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $957.30 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $996.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,195.67 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,734.03 ↑ +74%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,863.40 ↑ +87%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $1,863.40 ↑ +87%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $1,863.40 ↑ +87%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,996.50 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PIP $2,057.73 ↑ +107%
QUALCARE PPO $2,068.37 ↑ +108%
HORIZON SHP $2,075.56 ↑ +108%
AETNA ASA $2,084.35 ↑ +109%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $2,129.60 ↑ +114%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $2,129.60 ↑ +114%
HORIZON HMO $2,141.58 ↑ +115%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,166.87 ↑ +117%
HORIZON PPO $2,197.75 ↑ +121%
CIGNA HMO $2,248.00 ↑ +126%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,262.70 ↑ +127%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,287.19 ↑ +130%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,342.56 ↑ +135%
CIGNA PPO $2,408.84 ↑ +142%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,590.66 ↑ +160%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +516%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +528%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +674%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +745%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +745%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +897%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +971%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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