St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$140.62

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.

$660.00

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.

$60.00 with HORIZON vs $605.33 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $88.32 ↓ -37%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -26%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.96 ↓ -20%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.00 ↓ -18%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $120.67 ↓ -14%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $140.62 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $140.62 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.62 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.62 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $143.88 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.65 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $168.74 ↑ +20%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↑ +29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $182.14 ↑ +30%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +34%
OXFORD - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $193.00 ↑ +37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $193.00 ↑ +37%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC NON-MANAGED $205.00 ↑ +46%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC MANAGED MEDICAID $205.00 ↑ +46%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC PIP $205.00 ↑ +46%
HORIZON - JRI@OUMC WORKERS COMP $205.00 ↑ +46%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +59%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE HMO $257.15 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $278.00 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE PPO $300.33 ↑ +114%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $330.00 ↑ +135%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $353.00 ↑ +151%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $355.00 ↑ +152%
HORIZON PIP $401.94 ↑ +186%
HORIZON OMNIA $401.94 ↑ +186%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $401.94 ↑ +186%
HORIZON PPO $401.94 ↑ +186%
HORIZON SHP $401.94 ↑ +186%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $413.00 ↑ +194%
AETNA HMO $452.38 ↑ +222%
AETNA PPO $452.38 ↑ +222%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $462.00 ↑ +229%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $462.00 ↑ +229%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $462.00 ↑ +229%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $466.50 ↑ +232%
AETNA ASA $487.03 ↑ +246%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $500.00 ↑ +256%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $528.00 ↑ +275%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $528.00 ↑ +275%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +276%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $534.42 ↑ +280%
CIGNA PPO $594.82 ↑ +323%
CIGNA HMO $594.82 ↑ +323%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $605.33 ↑ +330%

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