Biopsy of testis 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

$3,127.88

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.

$5,102.00

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.

$152.54 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $152.54 ↓ -95%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $918.36 ↓ -71%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $943.87 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,045.91 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↓ -28%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -28%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,284.27 ↑ +5%
HORIZON PIP $3,321.40 ↑ +6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,409.39 ↑ +9%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,428.03 ↑ +10%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,684.15 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,753.45 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,826.50 ↑ +22%
AETNA ASA $3,994.87 ↑ +28%
CIGNA BH $4,081.60 ↑ +30%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,336.70 ↑ +39%
HORIZON SHP $4,379.56 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,430.58 ↑ +42%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,540.78 ↑ +45%
HORIZON HMO $4,543.84 ↑ +45%
QUALCARE PPO $4,632.62 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,632.62 ↑ +48%
HORIZON PPO $4,664.25 ↑ +49%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,018.33 ↑ +60%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +143%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +200%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +200%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +218%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,167.89 $3,167.89 – $3,801.47
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,370.52 $157.20 – $3,539.05
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,167.89 $152.54 – $3,801.47
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,370.52 $157.20 – $3,673.87
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,170.64 $157.20 – $3,804.76
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,167.89 $152.54 – $3,801.47

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