Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$3.80

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.

$105.00

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.

$3.80 with CLOVER vs $103.28 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 $3.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.80 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.80 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.99 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.14 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4.56 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.56 ↑ +99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7.80 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $17.41 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $17.41 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $19.43 ↑ +411%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $56.81 ↑ +1395%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $66.55 ↑ +1651%
HORIZON PIP $68.36 ↑ +1699%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $70.55 ↑ +1757%
HORIZON OMNIA $75.82 ↑ +1895%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $78.75 ↑ +1972%
AETNA ASA $82.22 ↑ +2064%
CIGNA BH $84.00 ↑ +2111%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $84.00 ↑ +2111%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $89.25 ↑ +2249%
AETNA HMO $89.46 ↑ +2254%
AETNA PPO $89.46 ↑ +2254%
HORIZON SHP $90.13 ↑ +2272%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $91.18 ↑ +2299%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $93.45 ↑ +2359%
HORIZON HMO $93.51 ↑ +2361%
QUALCARE HMO $95.34 ↑ +2409%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $95.34 ↑ +2409%
QUALCARE PPO $95.34 ↑ +2409%
HORIZON PPO $95.99 ↑ +2426%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $103.28 ↑ +2618%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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