Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$3,856.84

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.

$7,480.00

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.

$659.09 with KARNA vs $14,007.00 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 $659.09 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,346.40 ↓ -65%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,383.80 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,533.40 ↓ -60%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↓ -7%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,049.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,203.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,628.21 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,869.48 ↑ +26%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,025.81 ↑ +30%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,401.31 ↑ +40%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,610.00 ↑ +45%
AETNA ASA $5,856.84 ↑ +52%
CIGNA BH $5,984.00 ↑ +55%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,358.00 ↑ +65%
HORIZON SHP $6,420.83 ↑ +66%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,495.63 ↑ +68%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,657.20 ↑ +73%
HORIZON HMO $6,661.69 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE PPO $6,791.84 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,791.84 ↑ +76%
HORIZON PPO $6,838.22 ↑ +77%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,357.33 ↑ +91%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +143%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +143%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +158%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +263%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,156.03 $672.75 – $4,363.83
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,856.84 $659.09 – $4,628.21
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,909.56 $672.75 – $3,909.56
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,906.18 $659.09 – $4,687.41
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,156.03 $672.75 – $4,530.08
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,909.56 $672.75 – $4,691.48
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,906.18 $659.09 – $4,687.41

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