Aspiration orbital contents 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

$2,549.65

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.

$4,454.00

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.

$208.49 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.

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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 $208.49 ↓ -92%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $801.72 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $823.99 ↓ -68%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -65%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $913.07 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -53%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↓ -12%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,549.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,549.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,549.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,549.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,677.13 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,779.11 ↑ +9%
HORIZON PIP $2,899.55 ↑ +14%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,992.64 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,059.57 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,216.23 ↑ +26%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,340.50 ↑ +31%
AETNA ASA $3,487.48 ↑ +37%
CIGNA BH $3,563.20 ↑ +40%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,785.90 ↑ +48%
HORIZON SHP $3,823.31 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,867.85 ↑ +52%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,964.06 ↑ +55%
HORIZON HMO $3,966.73 ↑ +56%
QUALCARE PPO $4,044.23 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,044.23 ↑ +59%
HORIZON PPO $4,071.85 ↑ +60%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,380.95 ↑ +72%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +224%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +268%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +268%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +290%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +301%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,582.26 $2,582.26 – $3,098.71
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,747.43 $215.46 – $2,884.81
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,549.65 $208.49 – $3,059.57
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,584.50 $96.00 – $2,584.50
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,582.26 $208.49 – $3,098.71
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,747.43 $215.46 – $2,994.70
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,584.50 $215.46 – $3,101.40
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,582.26 $208.49 – $3,098.71

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