Unlisted procedure colon at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$996.39
Cash price 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.
$2,955.00
Gross charge 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.
$419.61 with AETNA vs $10,671.00 with HORIZON — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $419.61 | ↓ -58% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $531.90 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $573.27 | ↓ -42% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $911.71 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $911.71 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $911.71 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | 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 | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,575.00 | ↑ +58% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,924.89 | ↑ +93% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,068.50 | ↑ +108% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,068.50 | ↑ +108% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,068.50 | ↑ +108% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,216.25 | ↑ +122% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,284.22 | ↑ +129% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,296.04 | ↑ +130% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,304.01 | ↑ +131% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,313.77 | ↑ +132% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $2,364.00 | ↑ +137% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $2,364.00 | ↑ +137% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,377.30 | ↑ +139% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,405.37 | ↑ +141% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,439.65 | ↑ +145% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,511.75 | ↑ +152% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,538.94 | ↑ +155% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,600.40 | ↑ +161% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,673.98 | ↑ +168% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,673.98 | ↑ +168% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,875.81 | ↑ +189% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,137.00 | ↑ +516% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +528% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,714.00 | ↑ +674% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +745% |
| AETNA | HMO | $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 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Unlisted procedure colon at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $996.39 – $1,992.78 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $1,022.87 – $2,045.74 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $996.39 – $1,982.82 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $1,022.87 – $2,035.51 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $1,022.87 – $2,045.74 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $1,073.68 – $2,136.62 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,009.14 – $2,008.19 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,009.14 | $1,009.14 – $1,210.96 |