Aspa gene 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

$47.25

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.

$1,057.00

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.

$16.90 with HORIZON vs $216.52 with CIGNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.90 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $31.27 ↓ -34%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.25 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $47.25 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.50 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $56.70 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.54 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $74.23 ↑ +57%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $91.43 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $96.98 ↑ +105%
HORIZON PIP $110.02 ↑ +133%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $113.55 ↑ +140%
HORIZON OMNIA $122.03 ↑ +158%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $126.75 ↑ +168%
AETNA ASA $132.33 ↑ +180%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $135.20 ↑ +186%
CIGNA BH $135.20 ↑ +186%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $143.65 ↑ +204%
AETNA PPO $143.99 ↑ +205%
AETNA HMO $143.99 ↑ +205%
HORIZON SHP $145.07 ↑ +207%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $146.76 ↑ +211%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $150.41 ↑ +218%
HORIZON HMO $150.51 ↑ +219%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $153.45 ↑ +225%
QUALCARE PPO $153.45 ↑ +225%
QUALCARE HMO $153.45 ↑ +225%
HORIZON PPO $154.50 ↑ +227%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $166.23 ↑ +252%
CIGNA PPO $216.52 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $216.52 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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