Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$3,545.97
Cash price 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.
$7,582.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,038.18 with KARNA vs $15,984.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,038.18 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -66% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,364.76 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,402.67 | ↓ -60% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,554.31 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,584.64 | ↓ -55% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,255.00 | ↓ -36% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,897.00 | ↓ -18% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,545.97 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,545.97 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,545.97 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,545.97 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,586.00 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,723.27 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,011.00 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,255.16 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,935.88 | ↑ +39% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $5,094.35 | ↑ +44% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $5,474.96 | ↑ +54% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,686.50 | ↑ +60% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,936.71 | ↑ +67% |
| CIGNA | BH | $6,065.60 | ↑ +71% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,444.70 | ↑ +82% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6,508.39 | ↑ +84% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $6,584.21 | ↑ +86% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,747.98 | ↑ +90% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,752.53 | ↑ +90% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $6,884.46 | ↑ +94% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $6,884.46 | ↑ +94% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,931.46 | ↑ +95% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $7,457.66 | ↑ +110% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +165% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +165% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $11,243.00 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $14,007.00 | ↑ +295% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,984.00 | ↑ +351% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,591.33 | $3,591.33 – $15,984.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,821.05 | $1,073.56 – $4,012.10 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,545.97 | $1,038.18 – $5,430.31 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,594.44 | $363.00 – $5,430.31 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,591.33 | $1,038.18 – $4,309.59 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $3,821.05 | $357.56 – $15,984.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $3,594.44 | $453.75 – $15,984.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $3,591.33 | $1,038.18 – $15,984.00 |