Acute hepatitis panel 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

$47.63

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.

$660.00

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.

$47.63 with VACCN vs $649.18 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $47.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $47.63 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $47.63 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.01 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.92 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $57.16 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.04 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $97.76 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $104.53 ↑ +119%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $122.10 ↑ +156%
CIGNA HMO $218.26 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $218.26 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $357.06 ↑ +650%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $418.31 ↑ +778%
HORIZON PIP $429.66 ↑ +802%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $443.45 ↑ +831%
HORIZON OMNIA $476.59 ↑ +901%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $495.00 ↑ +939%
AETNA ASA $516.78 ↑ +985%
CIGNA BH $528.00 ↑ +1009%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $528.00 ↑ +1009%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +1078%
AETNA HMO $562.32 ↑ +1081%
AETNA PPO $562.32 ↑ +1081%
HORIZON SHP $566.54 ↑ +1089%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $573.14 ↑ +1103%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $587.40 ↑ +1133%
HORIZON HMO $587.80 ↑ +1134%
QUALCARE HMO $599.28 ↑ +1158%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $599.28 ↑ +1158%
QUALCARE PPO $599.28 ↑ +1158%
HORIZON PPO $603.37 ↑ +1167%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $649.18 ↑ +1263%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Acute hepatitis panel at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $264.00 $95.70 – $95.70
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $47.63 $47.63 – $218.26
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $47.63 $38.10 – $213.88
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $47.63 $33.00 – $218.26
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $47.63 $33.00 – $224.16
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $47.63 $38.10 – $218.26
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $47.63 $47.63 – $218.26
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $47.63 $47.63 – $218.26

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