Car seat/bed test 60 minutes 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

$42.90

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.

$249.00

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.

$37.91 with KARNA vs $244.92 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 $37.91 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.82 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $46.07 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.76 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $51.05 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.47 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $146.66 ↑ +242%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $157.82 ↑ +268%
HORIZON PIP $162.10 ↑ +278%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $167.30 ↑ +290%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $177.01 ↑ +313%
HORIZON OMNIA $179.80 ↑ +319%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $186.75 ↑ +335%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $193.42 ↑ +351%
AETNA ASA $194.97 ↑ +354%
CIGNA BH $199.20 ↑ +364%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $211.65 ↑ +393%
HORIZON SHP $213.74 ↑ +398%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $216.23 ↑ +404%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $221.61 ↑ +417%
HORIZON HMO $221.76 ↑ +417%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $224.10 ↑ +422%
AETNA HMO $224.15 ↑ +422%
AETNA PPO $224.15 ↑ +422%
QUALCARE HMO $226.09 ↑ +427%
QUALCARE PPO $226.09 ↑ +427%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $226.09 ↑ +427%
HORIZON PPO $227.64 ↑ +431%
CIGNA PPO $238.12 ↑ +455%
CIGNA HMO $238.12 ↑ +455%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $244.92 ↑ +471%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $43.44 – $52.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $36.98 – $4,994.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $42.90 $37.91 – $2,080.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $43.48 $39.02 – $2,437.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $43.44 $37.91 – $52.13
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $46.22 $39.02 – $576.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $43.48 $39.02 – $52.18
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $43.44 $37.91 – $52.13

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