Ventilator initial day at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$722.50
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.
$2,349.00
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.
$147.90 with KARNA vs $2,286.05 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $147.90 | ↓ -80% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $317.00 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $333.56 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $359.00 | ↓ -50% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $422.82 | ↓ -41% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $455.71 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $661.10 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $661.10 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $661.10 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $661.10 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $661.10 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $661.10 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $694.16 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $722.50 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $867.00 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,383.56 | ↑ +91% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,397.19 | ↑ +93% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,530.14 | ↑ +112% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,644.30 | ↑ +128% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,644.30 | ↑ +128% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,644.30 | ↑ +128% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,683.76 | ↑ +133% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,761.75 | ↑ +144% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,815.78 | ↑ +151% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,825.17 | ↑ +153% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,825.17 | ↑ +153% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,831.52 | ↑ +153% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,839.27 | ↑ +155% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,879.20 | ↑ +160% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,879.20 | ↑ +160% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,889.77 | ↑ +162% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,912.09 | ↑ +165% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,939.33 | ↑ +168% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,996.65 | ↑ +176% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,018.26 | ↑ +179% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,067.12 | ↑ +186% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,106.35 | ↑ +192% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,106.35 | ↑ +192% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,114.10 | ↑ +193% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,246.35 | ↑ +211% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,246.35 | ↑ +211% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,286.05 | ↑ +216% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Ventilator initial day at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $598.38 | $45.27 – $1,445.00 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $721.51 | $81.52 – $1,483.40 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $661.19 | $83.49 – $1,437.78 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $566.46 | $80.54 – $1,475.98 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $284.00 | $394.00 – $394.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $709.26 | $46.60 – $1,483.40 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $662.46 | $58.58 – $1,549.31 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $697.53 | $161.08 – $1,456.18 |