Aco annual medicare visit (awv), initial g0438aco at Southern Ocean Medical Center

1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$206.14

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.

$517.00

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.

$93.06 with CLOVER vs $508.52 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $93.06 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $95.65 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $105.99 ↓ -49%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $206.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $206.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $206.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $206.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $216.45 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.69 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $247.37 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $289.84 ↑ +41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $304.51 ↑ +48%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $327.67 ↑ +59%
HORIZON PIP $336.57 ↑ +63%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $347.37 ↑ +69%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $367.54 ↑ +78%
HORIZON OMNIA $373.33 ↑ +81%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $387.75 ↑ +88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $401.61 ↑ +95%
AETNA ASA $404.81 ↑ +96%
CIGNA BH $413.60 ↑ +101%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $439.45 ↑ +113%
HORIZON SHP $443.79 ↑ +115%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $448.96 ↑ +118%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $460.13 ↑ +123%
HORIZON HMO $460.44 ↑ +123%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $465.30 ↑ +126%
AETNA HMO $465.40 ↑ +126%
AETNA PPO $465.40 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE HMO $469.44 ↑ +128%
QUALCARE PPO $469.44 ↑ +128%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $469.44 ↑ +128%
HORIZON PPO $472.64 ↑ +129%
CIGNA PPO $494.41 ↑ +140%
CIGNA HMO $494.41 ↑ +140%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $508.52 ↑ +147%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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