Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$253.79

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$743.00

Gross charge

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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.

$71.27 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $71.27 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $133.74 ↓ -47%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $137.46 ↓ -46%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $152.32 ↓ -40%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $253.79 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $253.79 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $253.79 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $253.79 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $266.48 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $276.63 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $304.55 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $437.63 ↑ +72%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $470.91 ↑ +86%
HORIZON PIP $483.69 ↑ +91%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $528.20 ↑ +108%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $557.25 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $577.16 ↑ +127%
AETNA ASA $581.77 ↑ +129%
CIGNA BH $594.40 ↑ +134%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $631.55 ↑ +149%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $645.22 ↑ +154%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $668.70 ↑ +163%
AETNA HMO $668.85 ↑ +164%
AETNA PPO $668.85 ↑ +164%
QUALCARE HMO $674.64 ↑ +166%
QUALCARE PPO $674.64 ↑ +166%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $674.64 ↑ +166%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $730.81 ↑ +188%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↑ +786%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +892%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,368.00 ↑ +2409%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +2762%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +3000%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +3001%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +3083%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +3899%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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