Bronchial allergy tests 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

$579.88

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.

$1,667.00

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.

$60.17 with KARNA vs $1,639.66 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.17 ↓ -90%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $300.06 ↓ -48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $308.40 ↓ -47%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $341.74 ↓ -41%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $393.00 ↓ -32%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $546.00 ↓ -6%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $579.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $579.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $579.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $579.88 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $608.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $632.07 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $695.86 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $981.86 ↑ +69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,056.54 ↑ +82%
HORIZON PIP $1,085.22 ↑ +87%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,120.06 ↑ +93%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,203.74 ↑ +108%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,250.25 ↑ +116%
AETNA ASA $1,305.26 ↑ +125%
CIGNA BH $1,333.60 ↑ +130%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,416.95 ↑ +144%
HORIZON SHP $1,430.95 ↑ +147%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,447.62 ↑ +150%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,483.63 ↑ +156%
HORIZON HMO $1,484.63 ↑ +156%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,500.30 ↑ +159%
AETNA HMO $1,500.63 ↑ +159%
AETNA PPO $1,500.63 ↑ +159%
QUALCARE PPO $1,513.64 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE HMO $1,513.64 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,513.64 ↑ +161%
HORIZON PPO $1,523.97 ↑ +163%
CIGNA PPO $1,594.15 ↑ +175%
CIGNA HMO $1,594.15 ↑ +175%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,639.66 ↑ +183%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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