Blood typing patient serum 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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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.

$292.00

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.

$16.34 with CLOVER vs $287.21 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 $16.34 ↓ -75%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.34 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.86 ↓ -68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.28 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $33.54 ↓ -48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $54.02 ↓ -17%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $64.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $64.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.16 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.76 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $74.88 ↑ +15%
CIGNA PPO $74.88 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $77.90 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $157.97 ↑ +143%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $185.07 ↑ +185%
HORIZON PIP $190.09 ↑ +193%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $196.19 ↑ +202%
HORIZON OMNIA $210.85 ↑ +225%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $219.00 ↑ +237%
AETNA ASA $228.64 ↑ +252%
CIGNA BH $233.60 ↑ +260%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $233.60 ↑ +260%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $248.20 ↑ +282%
AETNA HMO $248.78 ↑ +283%
AETNA PPO $248.78 ↑ +283%
HORIZON SHP $250.65 ↑ +286%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $253.57 ↑ +291%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $259.88 ↑ +300%
HORIZON HMO $260.06 ↑ +301%
QUALCARE PPO $265.14 ↑ +308%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $265.14 ↑ +308%
QUALCARE HMO $265.14 ↑ +308%
HORIZON PPO $266.95 ↑ +311%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $287.21 ↑ +342%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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