Blink reflex test 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

$64.92

Cash price

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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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$220.00

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.

$39.60 with CLOVER vs $1,522.00 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.60 ↓ -39%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $40.70 ↓ -37%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $45.10 ↓ -31%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $64.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $64.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.16 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.76 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $77.90 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $129.58 ↑ +100%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $139.44 ↑ +115%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $139.59 ↑ +115%
HORIZON PIP $143.22 ↑ +121%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $147.82 ↑ +128%
HORIZON OMNIA $158.86 ↑ +145%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $165.00 ↑ +154%
AETNA ASA $172.26 ↑ +165%
CIGNA BH $176.00 ↑ +171%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $187.00 ↑ +188%
HORIZON SHP $188.85 ↑ +191%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $191.05 ↑ +194%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $195.80 ↑ +202%
HORIZON HMO $195.93 ↑ +202%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $198.00 ↑ +205%
AETNA HMO $198.04 ↑ +205%
AETNA PPO $198.04 ↑ +205%
QUALCARE PPO $199.76 ↑ +208%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $199.76 ↑ +208%
QUALCARE HMO $199.76 ↑ +208%
HORIZON PPO $201.12 ↑ +210%
CIGNA HMO $210.39 ↑ +224%
CIGNA PPO $210.39 ↑ +224%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $216.39 ↑ +233%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,041.00 ↑ +1504%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,522.00 ↑ +2244%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $65.75 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $55.96 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $64.92 $59.40 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $65.80 $59.40 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $65.75 $65.75 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $69.95 $69.95 – $1,301.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $65.80 $65.80 – $1,225.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $65.75 $65.75 – $992.00

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