Arthrp w/prostc dst rds&crps 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

$20,098.12

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.

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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.

$2,444.68 with KARNA vs $24,117.74 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 $2,444.68 ↓ -88%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20,098.12 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,098.12 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,098.12 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $20,098.12 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,103.02 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,906.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $24,117.74 ↑ +20%

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Arthrp w/prostc dst rds&crps at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $20,355.21 $20,355.21 – $24,426.25
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $21,657.23 $2,524.43 – $22,740.09
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $20,098.12 $2,444.68 – $31,883.09
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $20,372.87 $1,208.00 – $31,883.09
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $20,355.21 $2,444.68 – $24,426.25
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $21,657.23 $2,524.43 – $23,606.38
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $20,372.87 $2,524.43 – $24,447.44
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $20,355.21 $2,444.68 – $24,426.25

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