Change of ureter tube/stent 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

$2,238.78

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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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$4,523.00

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.

$159.48 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.48 ↓ -93%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $814.14 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $836.76 ↓ -63%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $927.22 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -47%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,238.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,238.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,238.78 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,238.78 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↑ +0%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,350.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,440.27 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,686.53 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $2,944.47 ↑ +32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,039.00 ↑ +36%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,266.06 ↑ +46%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,392.25 ↑ +52%
AETNA ASA $3,541.51 ↑ +58%
CIGNA BH $3,618.40 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,844.55 ↑ +72%
HORIZON SHP $3,882.54 ↑ +73%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,927.77 ↑ +75%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,025.47 ↑ +80%
HORIZON HMO $4,028.18 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE PPO $4,106.88 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,106.88 ↑ +83%
HORIZON PPO $4,134.93 ↑ +85%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,448.82 ↑ +99%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +176%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +240%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +319%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +319%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +344%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Change of ureter tube/stent at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,267.41 $2,267.41 – $2,720.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,412.45 $165.04 – $2,533.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,238.78 $159.48 – $2,686.53
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,269.38 $165.04 – $2,269.38
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,267.41 $159.48 – $2,720.90
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,412.45 $165.04 – $2,629.57
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,269.38 $165.04 – $2,723.26
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,267.41 $159.48 – $2,720.90

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