Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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

$116.22

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$635.00

Gross charge

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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.

$19.24 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $532.80 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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

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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.24 ↓ -83%
AETNA PPO $31.78 ↓ -73%
AETNA HMO $31.78 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $84.06 ↓ -28%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.34 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $106.34 ↓ -9%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $106.34 ↓ -9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.56 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.66 ↓ -4%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $114.85 ↓ -1%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.26 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $119.60 ↑ +3%
CIGNA PPO $119.60 ↑ +3%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $120.97 ↑ +4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $165.09 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $167.95 ↑ +45%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +154%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
HORIZON OMNIA $385.63 ↑ +232%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $424.35 ↑ +265%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $444.00 ↑ +282%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $444.50 ↑ +282%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $444.50 ↑ +282%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $444.50 ↑ +282%
HORIZON PIP $457.62 ↑ +294%
QUALCARE HMO $459.98 ↑ +296%
QUALCARE PPO $459.98 ↑ +296%
HORIZON SHP $461.58 ↑ +297%
AETNA ASA $463.54 ↑ +299%
HORIZON HMO $476.26 ↑ +310%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $481.89 ↑ +315%
HORIZON PPO $488.76 ↑ +321%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $490.86 ↑ +322%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $503.20 ↑ +333%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $508.00 ↑ +337%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $508.00 ↑ +337%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $532.80 ↑ +358%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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