Visual audiometry (vra) 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

$170.99

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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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$436.00

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.

$60.14 with KARNA vs $431.20 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.14 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $61.91 ↓ -64%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.00 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.48 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $84.58 ↓ -51%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $95.05 ↓ -44%
AETNA HMO $126.14 ↓ -26%
AETNA PPO $126.14 ↓ -26%
AETNA ASA $126.14 ↓ -26%
HORIZON HMO $133.00 ↓ -22%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $138.00 ↓ -19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $147.98 ↓ -13%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $156.46 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.46 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $156.46 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.28 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $218.00 ↑ +27%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $259.33 ↑ +52%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $261.60 ↑ +53%
HORIZON PIP $265.52 ↑ +55%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $265.52 ↑ +55%
HORIZON OMNIA $265.52 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PPO $265.52 ↑ +55%
HORIZON SHP $265.52 ↑ +55%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $282.00 ↑ +65%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $283.40 ↑ +66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $299.00 ↑ +75%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $305.20 ↑ +78%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $305.20 ↑ +78%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $305.20 ↑ +78%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $327.00 ↑ +91%
QUALCARE HMO $338.77 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE PPO $338.77 ↑ +98%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $348.80 ↑ +104%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $348.80 ↑ +104%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $370.60 ↑ +117%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $383.68 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HMO $416.95 ↑ +144%
CIGNA PPO $416.95 ↑ +144%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $431.20 ↑ +152%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $431.20 ↑ +152%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Visual audiometry (vra) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $126.50 $175.54 – $351.08
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $255.50 $231.08 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $124.35 $175.54 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $124.05 $184.26 – $366.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $130.62 $173.18 – $344.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $62.16 – $487.00
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