Ast/sgot 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

$5.18

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.

$120.00

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.

$5.18 with CLOVER vs $49.18 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.65 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.22 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.75 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.25 ↑ +79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.63 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.34 ↑ +119%
CIGNA PPO $23.74 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $23.74 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $27.05 ↑ +422%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $31.69 ↑ +512%
HORIZON PIP $32.55 ↑ +528%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $33.60 ↑ +549%
HORIZON OMNIA $36.11 ↑ +597%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $37.50 ↑ +624%
AETNA ASA $39.15 ↑ +656%
CIGNA BH $40.00 ↑ +672%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $40.00 ↑ +672%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $42.50 ↑ +720%
AETNA HMO $42.60 ↑ +722%
AETNA PPO $42.60 ↑ +722%
HORIZON SHP $42.92 ↑ +729%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $43.42 ↑ +738%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $44.50 ↑ +759%
HORIZON HMO $44.53 ↑ +760%
QUALCARE HMO $45.40 ↑ +776%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $45.40 ↑ +776%
QUALCARE PPO $45.40 ↑ +776%
HORIZON PPO $45.71 ↑ +782%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $49.18 ↑ +849%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5.18 $5.18 – $23.74
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $5.18 $4.14 – $23.26
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $5.18 $3.30 – $23.74
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