Cardiac MRI w/stress img 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

$599.23

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.

$1,784.00

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.

$321.12 with CLOVER vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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 $321.12 ↓ -46%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $330.04 ↓ -45%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $365.72 ↓ -39%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $599.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $599.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $599.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $599.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $629.19 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $653.16 ↑ +9%
AETNA HMO $697.30 ↑ +16%
AETNA PPO $697.30 ↑ +16%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $704.88 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $719.07 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $836.43 ↑ +40%
CIGNA PPO $836.43 ↑ +40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +59%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $965.14 ↑ +61%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,094.00 ↑ +83%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,112.92 ↑ +86%
HORIZON PIP $1,161.38 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,174.63 ↑ +96%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,198.67 ↑ +100%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,230.96 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,288.23 ↑ +115%
AETNA ASA $1,396.87 ↑ +133%
CIGNA BH $1,427.20 ↑ +138%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,516.40 ↑ +153%
HORIZON SHP $1,531.39 ↑ +156%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,587.76 ↑ +165%
HORIZON HMO $1,588.83 ↑ +165%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,619.87 ↑ +170%
QUALCARE HMO $1,619.87 ↑ +170%
QUALCARE PPO $1,619.87 ↑ +170%
HORIZON PPO $1,630.93 ↑ +172%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +623%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $4,332.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $645.71 $446.01 – $4,332.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $599.23 $548.30 – $4,332.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $607.42 $548.30 – $4,332.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $606.89 $606.89 – $4,332.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $645.71 $492.00 – $4,332.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $607.42 $607.42 – $4,332.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $606.89 $606.89 – $4,332.00

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