Autologous blood process 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

$187.28

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.

$613.00

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.

$109.55 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $602.95 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $109.55 ↓ -42%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $110.34 ↓ -41%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $113.41 ↓ -39%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $125.67 ↓ -33%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $187.28 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $187.28 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.28 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.64 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.13 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.64 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $224.73 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $306.15 ↑ +63%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $306.15 ↑ +63%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $388.52 ↑ +107%
HORIZON PIP $399.06 ↑ +113%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $411.87 ↑ +120%
HORIZON OMNIA $442.65 ↑ +136%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $459.75 ↑ +145%
AETNA ASA $479.98 ↑ +156%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $490.40 ↑ +162%
CIGNA BH $490.40 ↑ +162%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $521.05 ↑ +178%
AETNA PPO $522.28 ↑ +179%
AETNA HMO $522.28 ↑ +179%
HORIZON SHP $526.20 ↑ +181%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $532.33 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $545.57 ↑ +191%
HORIZON HMO $545.94 ↑ +192%
QUALCARE PPO $556.60 ↑ +197%
QUALCARE HMO $556.60 ↑ +197%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $556.60 ↑ +197%
HORIZON PPO $560.40 ↑ +199%
CIGNA PPO $586.21 ↑ +213%
CIGNA HMO $586.21 ↑ +213%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $602.95 ↑ +222%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Autologous blood process at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $189.67 $109.55 – $306.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $201.80 $44.68 – $344.49
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $187.28 $82.50 – $306.15
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $189.84 $82.50 – $325.17
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $189.67 $109.55 – $333.37
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $201.80 $49.28 – $629.14
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $189.84 $109.55 – $306.15
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $189.67 $34.56 – $306.15

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