Wcd device interrogate 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

$40.75

Cash price

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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.

$102.00

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.

$14.48 with AETNA vs $301.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.48 ↓ -64%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.36 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.79 ↓ -51%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.24 ↓ -45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $34.62 ↓ -15%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.29 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $37.29 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.29 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.29 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $37.29 ↓ -8%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.15 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $48.90 ↑ +20%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $51.00 ↑ +25%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.67 ↑ +49%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $61.20 ↑ +50%
HORIZON OMNIA $62.12 ↑ +52%
HORIZON SHP $62.12 ↑ +52%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $62.12 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PPO $62.12 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PIP $62.12 ↑ +52%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $66.30 ↑ +63%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $71.40 ↑ +75%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $71.40 ↑ +75%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $71.40 ↑ +75%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $73.11 ↑ +79%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE PPO $79.25 ↑ +94%
QUALCARE HMO $79.25 ↑ +94%
AETNA ASA $79.87 ↑ +96%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $81.60 ↑ +100%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $81.60 ↑ +100%
HORIZON HMO $82.06 ↑ +101%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.24 ↑ +112%
AETNA HMO $86.54 ↑ +112%
AETNA PPO $86.54 ↑ +112%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $86.70 ↑ +113%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $87.64 ↑ +115%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $89.76 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $97.54 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HMO $97.54 ↑ +139%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $99.27 ↑ +144%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $285.00 ↑ +599%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $301.00 ↑ +639%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $41.27 $41.27 – $266.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $43.91 $35.13 – $474.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $41.31 $37.29 – $933.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $41.27 $41.27 – $318.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $43.91 $43.91 – $238.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $41.31 $41.31 – $271.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $41.27 $41.27 – $288.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $40.75 $40.75 – $348.00

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