Bis xtracell fluid analysis 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

$170.99

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.

$336.00

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.

$60.48 with CLOVER vs $330.49 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.48 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $62.16 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $68.88 ↓ -60%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $170.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $170.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.54 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $186.38 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $197.90 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.39 ↑ +23%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $212.96 ↑ +25%
HORIZON PIP $218.74 ↑ +28%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $225.76 ↑ +32%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $238.86 ↑ +40%
HORIZON OMNIA $242.63 ↑ +42%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $252.00 ↑ +47%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $261.00 ↑ +53%
AETNA ASA $263.09 ↑ +54%
CIGNA BH $268.80 ↑ +57%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $285.60 ↑ +67%
HORIZON SHP $288.42 ↑ +69%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $291.78 ↑ +71%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $299.04 ↑ +75%
HORIZON HMO $299.24 ↑ +75%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $302.40 ↑ +77%
AETNA HMO $302.47 ↑ +77%
AETNA PPO $302.47 ↑ +77%
QUALCARE HMO $305.09 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE PPO $305.09 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $305.09 ↑ +78%
HORIZON PPO $307.17 ↑ +80%
CIGNA PPO $321.32 ↑ +88%
CIGNA HMO $321.32 ↑ +88%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $330.49 ↑ +93%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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