Arthrt elbw synovial bx only 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.
$6,706.00
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.
$898.67 with KARNA vs $10,216.00 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.
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 | $898.67 | ↓ -75% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $903.00 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -66% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,207.08 | ↓ -66% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,240.61 | ↓ -65% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,374.73 | ↓ -61% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,525.00 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,249.00 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,518.00 | ↓ -29% |
| 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% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,723.27 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,865.11 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,255.16 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,365.61 | ↑ +23% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,505.76 | ↑ +27% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,842.40 | ↑ +37% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,029.50 | ↑ +42% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,250.80 | ↑ +48% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,364.80 | ↑ +51% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,700.10 | ↑ +61% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,756.43 | ↑ +62% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,823.49 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,968.34 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,972.36 | ↑ +68% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $6,089.05 | ↑ +72% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $6,089.05 | ↑ +72% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,130.63 | ↑ +73% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,596.02 | ↑ +86% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,251.00 | ↑ +133% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +165% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +165% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +180% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,216.00 | ↑ +188% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Arthrt elbw synovial bx only 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 – $4,309.59 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,821.05 | $932.28 – $4,012.10 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,545.97 | $898.67 – $4,255.16 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,594.44 | $500.00 – $3,594.44 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,591.33 | $898.67 – $4,309.59 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $3,821.05 | $932.28 – $4,164.94 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $3,594.44 | $932.28 – $4,313.33 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $3,591.33 | $898.67 – $4,309.59 |