Av fusion direct any site 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

$3,439.84

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$13,750.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $14,007.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -65%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,326.73 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -60%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -34%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,475.00 ↓ -28%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,543.75 ↓ -26%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,818.75 ↓ -18%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,439.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,439.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,439.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,439.84 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,611.83 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,749.43 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,127.81 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↑ +105%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↑ +131%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↑ +153%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↑ +153%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↑ +160%
HORIZON PIP $8,951.25 ↑ +160%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $9,238.63 ↑ +169%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +173%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +173%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +189%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↑ +196%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↑ +196%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $10,312.50 ↑ +200%
AETNA ASA $10,766.25 ↑ +213%
CIGNA BH $11,000.00 ↑ +220%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +227%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $11,687.50 ↑ +240%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $11,940.50 ↑ +247%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $13,524.50 ↑ +293%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +307%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Av fusion direct any site at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $3,483.84 – $4,180.61
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,706.68 $1,356.03 – $3,892.02
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,439.84 $1,326.73 – $4,127.81
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,486.86 $506.00 – $3,486.86
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,483.84 $1,326.73 – $4,180.61
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,706.68 $1,356.03 – $4,040.29
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,486.86 $1,356.03 – $4,184.24
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,483.84 $1,326.73 – $4,180.61

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →