Cell cryopreserve/storage 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

$13.07

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.

$278.00

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.

$13.07 with CLOVER vs $273.44 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.72 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.25 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $15.68 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.02 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $22.17 ↑ +70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $26.83 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.43 ↑ +293%
CIGNA PPO $59.89 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $59.89 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $150.40 ↑ +1051%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $176.20 ↑ +1248%
HORIZON PIP $180.98 ↑ +1285%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $186.79 ↑ +1329%
HORIZON OMNIA $200.74 ↑ +1436%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $208.50 ↑ +1495%
AETNA ASA $217.67 ↑ +1565%
CIGNA BH $222.40 ↑ +1602%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $222.40 ↑ +1602%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $236.30 ↑ +1708%
AETNA HMO $236.86 ↑ +1712%
AETNA PPO $236.86 ↑ +1712%
HORIZON SHP $238.64 ↑ +1726%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $241.42 ↑ +1747%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $247.42 ↑ +1793%
HORIZON HMO $247.59 ↑ +1794%
QUALCARE HMO $252.42 ↑ +1831%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $252.42 ↑ +1831%
QUALCARE PPO $252.42 ↑ +1831%
HORIZON PPO $254.15 ↑ +1845%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $273.44 ↑ +1992%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Cell cryopreserve/storage at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13.07 $8.50 – $58.69
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $13.07 $8.53 – $59.89
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $13.07 $8.53 – $61.51
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $13.07 $10.46 – $59.89
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $13.07 $9.38 – $59.89
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $13.07 $6.58 – $59.89

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