Automated diff wbc count 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

$6.47

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.

$39.00

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.

$6.47 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $38.36 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.47 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.47 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.47 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.47 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.79 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.05 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $7.22 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7.76 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.43 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13.28 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.20 ↑ +119%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21.10 ↑ +226%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $24.72 ↑ +282%
HORIZON PIP $25.39 ↑ +292%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $26.20 ↑ +305%
HORIZON OMNIA $28.16 ↑ +335%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $29.25 ↑ +352%
CIGNA PPO $29.65 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $29.65 ↑ +358%
AETNA ASA $30.54 ↑ +372%
CIGNA BH $31.20 ↑ +382%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $31.20 ↑ +382%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $33.15 ↑ +412%
AETNA PPO $33.23 ↑ +414%
AETNA HMO $33.23 ↑ +414%
HORIZON SHP $33.48 ↑ +417%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $33.87 ↑ +423%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $34.71 ↑ +436%
HORIZON HMO $34.73 ↑ +437%
QUALCARE PPO $35.41 ↑ +447%
QUALCARE HMO $35.41 ↑ +447%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $35.41 ↑ +447%
HORIZON PPO $35.65 ↑ +451%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $38.36 ↑ +493%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Automated diff wbc count at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6.47 $6.47 – $29.65
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6.47 $5.18 – $29.05
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6.47 $6.47 – $29.65
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $6.47 $5.94 – $29.65
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $6.47 $6.47 – $29.65
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6.47 $4.16 – $29.65

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