30/100
#1,878 nationally
Ocean Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Blvd, Brick, NJ 08724 · (732) 840-2200
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ocean Medical Center billed $6.14 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 162
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #26
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,687 | $30,408 | $2,846 | +56% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
540 | $38,151 | $13,755 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
498 | $122,354 | $19,389 | +88% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
357 | $91,479 | $12,618 | +111% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
294 | $10,221 | $1,685 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
264 | $21,607 | $3,408 | -14% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
198 | $78,382 | $12,684 | +68% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
188 | $97,299 | $16,384 | +77% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $11,130 | $2,116 | -14% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
144 | $91,296 | $15,123 | +61% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 684 · Inpatient stay |
$57,870 | $5,800 | +123% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$52,264 | $5,546 | +118% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$72,105 | $7,358 | +115% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$69,084 | $7,470 | +113% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$91,479 | $12,618 | +111% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$81,080 | $10,128 | +111% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$99,701 | $12,216 | +111% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$117,311 | $14,487 | +108% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,151 | $13,755 | -39% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$112,784 | $40,357 | -32% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,749 | $3,273 | -30% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Major Complications
MS-DRG 466 · Inpatient stay |
$152,060 | $40,218 | -30% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,437 | $16,118 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,487 | $5,897 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,645 | $3,991 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,345 | $11,461 | -26% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.