Cell count body fluid 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

$4.72

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.

$143.00

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.

$4.72 with VACCN vs $140.65 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.72 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.96 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.14 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5.66 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.15 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $9.69 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.38 ↑ +120%
CIGNA HMO $21.63 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $21.63 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $26.46 ↑ +461%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $77.36 ↑ +1539%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $90.63 ↑ +1820%
HORIZON PIP $93.09 ↑ +1872%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $96.08 ↑ +1936%
HORIZON OMNIA $103.26 ↑ +2088%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $107.25 ↑ +2172%
AETNA ASA $111.97 ↑ +2272%
CIGNA BH $114.40 ↑ +2324%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $114.40 ↑ +2324%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $121.55 ↑ +2475%
AETNA HMO $121.84 ↑ +2481%
AETNA PPO $121.84 ↑ +2481%
HORIZON SHP $122.75 ↑ +2501%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $124.18 ↑ +2531%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $127.27 ↑ +2596%
HORIZON HMO $127.36 ↑ +2598%
QUALCARE HMO $129.84 ↑ +2651%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $129.84 ↑ +2651%
QUALCARE PPO $129.84 ↑ +2651%
HORIZON PPO $130.73 ↑ +2670%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $140.65 ↑ +2880%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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