Chemotherapy injection 96542 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

$362.50

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.

$571.00

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.

$69.07 with KARNA vs $1,702.00 with CIGNA — 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 $69.07 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.78 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $105.64 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $117.06 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $336.32 ↓ -7%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $361.90 ↓ -0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $362.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $362.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $362.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $362.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $371.72 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $380.62 ↑ +5%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $383.65 ↑ +6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.12 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $412.32 ↑ +14%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $428.25 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $435.00 ↑ +20%
AETNA ASA $447.09 ↑ +23%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $456.80 ↑ +26%
CIGNA BH $456.80 ↑ +26%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $485.35 ↑ +34%
HORIZON SHP $490.15 ↑ +35%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $495.86 ↑ +37%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $508.19 ↑ +40%
HORIZON HMO $508.53 ↑ +40%
AETNA HMO $514.01 ↑ +42%
AETNA PPO $514.01 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE PPO $518.47 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $518.47 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE HMO $518.47 ↑ +43%
HORIZON PPO $522.01 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $561.64 ↑ +55%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,101.00 ↑ +204%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,122.00 ↑ +210%
CIGNA HMO $1,552.00 ↑ +328%
CIGNA PPO $1,702.00 ↑ +370%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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