Bx nasopharynx/unknown pri lesion 42806 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

$3,544.29

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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.

$7,068.00

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.

$299.36 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $299.36 ↓ -92%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,188.00 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,272.24 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,307.58 ↓ -63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,448.94 ↓ -59%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HMO $3,133.00 ↓ -12%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,721.50 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,863.27 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,253.14 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,601.27 ↑ +30%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,748.99 ↑ +34%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,103.80 ↑ +44%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,301.00 ↑ +50%
AETNA ASA $5,534.24 ↑ +56%
CIGNA BH $5,654.40 ↑ +60%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,007.80 ↑ +70%
HORIZON SHP $6,067.17 ↑ +71%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,137.85 ↑ +73%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,290.52 ↑ +77%
HORIZON HMO $6,294.76 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE PPO $6,417.74 ↑ +81%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,417.74 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PPO $6,461.57 ↑ +82%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,952.08 ↑ +96%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +133%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +188%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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