Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

$332.44

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$1,175.00

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.

$211.50 with CLOVER vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — 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 $211.50 ↓ -36%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $217.38 ↓ -35%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $240.88 ↓ -28%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $332.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $332.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $332.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $332.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $349.07 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $362.36 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.97 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $398.93 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $692.08 ↑ +108%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $744.72 ↑ +124%
HORIZON PIP $764.93 ↑ +130%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $835.31 ↑ +151%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $881.25 ↑ +165%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $912.74 ↑ +175%
AETNA ASA $920.03 ↑ +177%
CIGNA BH $940.00 ↑ +183%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $998.75 ↑ +200%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,020.37 ↑ +207%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,057.50 ↑ +218%
AETNA HMO $1,057.74 ↑ +218%
AETNA PPO $1,057.74 ↑ +218%
QUALCARE HMO $1,066.90 ↑ +221%
QUALCARE PPO $1,066.90 ↑ +221%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,066.90 ↑ +221%
CIGNA HMO $1,123.65 ↑ +238%
CIGNA PPO $1,123.65 ↑ +238%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,155.73 ↑ +248%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,368.00 ↑ +1816%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +2085%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +2266%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +2267%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +2330%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +2953%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $336.70 $336.70 – $404.03
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $358.23 $286.59 – $376.14
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $332.44 $304.19 – $398.93
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $336.99 $160.04 – $375.12
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $358.23 $157.64 – $390.47
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $336.99 $200.05 – $404.39
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $336.70 $336.70 – $404.03

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