Bx perianal mass 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

$996.39

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.

$2,812.00

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.

$506.16 with CLOVER vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $506.16 ↓ -49%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $520.22 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $576.46 ↓ -42%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $996.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $996.39 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $996.39 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $996.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,046.21 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,086.06 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,195.67 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↑ +53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↑ +69%
HORIZON PIP $1,830.61 ↑ +84%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,889.38 ↑ +90%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,030.55 ↑ +104%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,109.00 ↑ +112%
AETNA ASA $2,201.80 ↑ +121%
CIGNA BH $2,249.60 ↑ +126%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,390.20 ↑ +140%
HORIZON SHP $2,413.82 ↑ +142%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,441.94 ↑ +145%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,502.68 ↑ +151%
HORIZON HMO $2,504.37 ↑ +151%
CIGNA HMO $2,527.71 ↑ +154%
CIGNA PPO $2,527.71 ↑ +154%
QUALCARE PPO $2,553.30 ↑ +156%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,553.30 ↑ +156%
HORIZON PPO $2,570.73 ↑ +158%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,765.88 ↑ +178%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,125.00 ↑ +314%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,986.00 ↑ +400%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +842%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +842%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +897%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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