CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: Ocean Medical Center

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$236

about 1.1× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $101–$284

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$222

About the fair price

about $14 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $236 This hospital $222 Cash price $213 Hospital's list price $534

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 NJ hospitals compared.

Cheapest $29 Priciest $226

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NJ hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Breathing treatment (nebulizer) is about $236 (about 1.1× the $224 Medicare rate). Ocean Medical Center charges insurers about $222, or about $213 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brick, NJ.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$214 - $387	96%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$222	99%
Aetnamajor	$74 - $489	33%
Cignamajor	$500 - $525	223%
Amerigroup	$203	91%
AmeriHealth	$449 - $509	201%
Clover Health	$94	42%
WellCare	$203 - $222	91%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$14 - $531

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 213), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Ocean Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Ocean Medical Center

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.