Speech evaluation complex 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

$264.17

Cash price

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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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$1,092.00

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.

$134.58 with AETNA vs $928.20 with MULTIPLAN - PHCS — 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 PPO $134.58 ↓ -49%
AETNA HMO $134.58 ↓ -49%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $155.06 ↓ -41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $157.85 ↓ -40%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.56 ↓ -26%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.30 ↓ -24%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $208.03 ↓ -21%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $211.85 ↓ -20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $240.68 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $241.72 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $241.72 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.72 ↓ -8%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $244.84 ↓ -7%
CIGNA PPO $248.01 ↓ -6%
CIGNA HMO $248.01 ↓ -6%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $253.81 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $317.01 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $541.63 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $590.77 ↑ +124%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $623.08 ↑ +136%
HORIZON OMNIA $711.33 ↑ +169%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $764.40 ↑ +189%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $764.40 ↑ +189%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $764.40 ↑ +189%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $782.75 ↑ +196%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $819.00 ↑ +210%
HORIZON PIP $844.12 ↑ +220%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $844.12 ↑ +220%
QUALCARE PPO $844.12 ↑ +220%
HORIZON SHP $851.43 ↑ +222%
AETNA ASA $855.04 ↑ +224%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $873.60 ↑ +231%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $873.60 ↑ +231%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $873.60 ↑ +231%
HORIZON HMO $878.51 ↑ +233%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $888.89 ↑ +236%
HORIZON PPO $901.56 ↑ +241%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $928.20 ↑ +251%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $134.58 – $623.08
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $62.44 – $711.68
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $210.08 – $659.90
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $140.14 – $280.93
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $284.66 $68.88 – $623.08
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $94.50 – $623.08
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $58.80 – $623.08
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $264.17 $149.30 – $277.38

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