Air conduction bilat 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

$140.87

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.

$227.00

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.

$40.86 with CLOVER vs $527.00 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 $40.86 ↓ -71%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $42.00 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $46.54 ↓ -67%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.35 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $133.70 ↓ -5%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $143.87 ↑ +2%
HORIZON PIP $147.78 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.92 ↑ +5%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $152.52 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.55 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $161.37 ↑ +15%
HORIZON OMNIA $163.92 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $169.05 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $170.25 ↑ +21%
AETNA ASA $177.74 ↑ +26%
CIGNA BH $181.60 ↑ +29%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $192.95 ↑ +37%
HORIZON SHP $194.86 ↑ +38%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $202.03 ↑ +43%
HORIZON HMO $202.17 ↑ +44%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $204.30 ↑ +45%
AETNA HMO $204.35 ↑ +45%
AETNA PPO $204.35 ↑ +45%
QUALCARE PPO $206.12 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $206.12 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE HMO $206.12 ↑ +46%
HORIZON PPO $207.52 ↑ +47%
CIGNA HMO $217.08 ↑ +54%
CIGNA PPO $217.08 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $352.00 ↑ +150%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +230%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +274%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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