All tstg perq&iq w/venoms 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

$26.76

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.

$96.00

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.

$6.06 with KARNA vs $546.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.06 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.28 ↓ -35%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $17.76 ↓ -34%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.68 ↓ -26%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $26.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.76 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.76 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.10 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.17 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $32.12 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $56.54 ↑ +111%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.84 ↑ +127%
HORIZON PIP $62.50 ↑ +134%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $64.50 ↑ +141%
HORIZON OMNIA $69.32 ↑ +159%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $72.00 ↑ +169%
AETNA ASA $75.17 ↑ +181%
CIGNA BH $76.80 ↑ +187%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $81.60 ↑ +205%
HORIZON SHP $82.41 ↑ +208%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $83.37 ↑ +212%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $85.44 ↑ +219%
HORIZON HMO $85.50 ↑ +220%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $86.40 ↑ +223%
AETNA HMO $86.42 ↑ +223%
AETNA PPO $86.42 ↑ +223%
QUALCARE PPO $87.17 ↑ +226%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $87.17 ↑ +226%
QUALCARE HMO $87.17 ↑ +226%
HORIZON PPO $87.76 ↑ +228%
CIGNA HMO $91.80 ↑ +243%
CIGNA PPO $91.80 ↑ +243%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $94.43 ↑ +253%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $393.00 ↑ +1369%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $546.00 ↑ +1940%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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