Bx breast pq tomo guide 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

$4,184.94

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.

$7,563.00

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.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $10,216.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,361.34 ↓ -67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,399.16 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,550.42 ↓ -63%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -60%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,184.94 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,184.94 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,184.94 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,184.94 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,394.19 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,561.59 ↑ +9%
HORIZON PIP $4,923.51 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,021.93 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,081.58 ↑ +21%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,461.24 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,672.25 ↑ +36%
AETNA ASA $5,921.83 ↑ +42%
CIGNA BH $6,050.40 ↑ +45%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,428.55 ↑ +54%
HORIZON SHP $6,492.08 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,567.71 ↑ +57%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,731.07 ↑ +61%
HORIZON HMO $6,735.61 ↑ +61%
CIGNA PPO $6,798.38 ↑ +62%
CIGNA HMO $6,798.38 ↑ +62%
QUALCARE HMO $6,867.20 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE PPO $6,867.20 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,867.20 ↑ +64%
HORIZON PPO $6,914.09 ↑ +65%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,438.97 ↑ +78%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +97%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +124%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +124%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +137%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +144%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,509.59 $3,607.67 – $4,735.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $4,184.94 $3,829.28 – $5,021.93
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $4,242.15 $3,829.28 – $4,242.15
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,509.59 $4,509.59 – $4,915.45
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $4,242.15 $4,242.15 – $5,090.58
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17

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