Breast reduction 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

$7,127.17

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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.

$12,515.00

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.

$1,679.00 with HORIZON vs $19,696.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -76%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,252.70 ↓ -68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,268.02 ↓ -68%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,315.28 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,565.58 ↓ -64%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,615.64 ↓ -63%
QUALCARE HMO $3,112.00 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↓ -38%
CIGNA PPO $4,941.00 ↓ -31%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,127.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,127.17 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,127.17 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,127.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,483.53 ↑ +5%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PIP $8,147.27 ↑ +14%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $8,408.83 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8,552.61 ↑ +20%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↑ +25%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +32%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +32%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,386.25 ↑ +32%
AETNA ASA $9,799.25 ↑ +37%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +39%
CIGNA BH $10,012.00 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↑ +43%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,637.75 ↑ +49%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,868.03 ↑ +52%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $12,309.75 ↑ +73%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,728.00 ↑ +121%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,696.00 ↑ +176%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Breast reduction at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,218.34 $7,218.34 – $8,662.01
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $7,680.06 $2,342.33 – $8,064.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $7,127.17 $2,268.02 – $10,174.48
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $7,224.60 $646.14 – $10,174.48
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $7,218.34 $2,268.02 – $8,662.01
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $7,680.06 $636.45 – $8,371.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $7,224.60 $807.68 – $8,669.52
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $7,218.34 $2,268.02 – $8,662.01

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