V-exc/lip/w/pri linear closure 40520 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

$3,544.29

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,825.00

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.

$748.74 with KARNA 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $748.74 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $827.15 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,048.50 ↓ -70%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,115.00 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,130.05 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HMO $3,137.00 ↓ -11%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,243.07 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,405.22 ↓ -4%
CIGNA PPO $3,511.00 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,794.41 ↑ +7%
AETNA HMO $4,025.00 ↑ +14%
AETNA ASA $4,025.00 ↑ +14%
AETNA PPO $4,025.00 ↑ +14%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $4,077.50 ↑ +15%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $4,077.50 ↑ +15%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,077.50 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,253.14 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,368.75 ↑ +23%
HORIZON PIP $4,502.73 ↑ +27%
QUALCARE PPO $4,526.03 ↑ +28%
HORIZON SHP $4,541.75 ↑ +28%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $4,660.00 ↑ +31%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $4,660.00 ↑ +31%
HORIZON HMO $4,686.21 ↑ +32%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,741.55 ↑ +34%
HORIZON PPO $4,809.12 ↑ +36%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,951.25 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,004.84 ↑ +41%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,126.00 ↑ +45%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,668.89 ↑ +60%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,137.00 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,714.00 ↑ +118%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,671.00 ↑ +201%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $261.24 – $7,088.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $167.33 – $7,276.94
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