Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$116.22

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.

$622.00

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.

$47.92 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $568.63 with HORIZON — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.92 ↓ -59%
AETNA PPO $79.67 ↓ -31%
AETNA HMO $79.67 ↓ -31%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $83.81 ↓ -28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $89.51 ↓ -23%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $91.06 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HMO $108.47 ↓ -7%
CIGNA PPO $108.47 ↓ -7%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.96 ↓ -4%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $115.07 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $116.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $116.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.68 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $127.51 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $336.50 ↑ +190%
HORIZON PIP $404.92 ↑ +248%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $417.92 ↑ +260%
HORIZON OMNIA $449.15 ↑ +286%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $466.50 ↑ +301%
AETNA ASA $487.03 ↑ +319%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $497.60 ↑ +328%
CIGNA BH $497.60 ↑ +328%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +355%
HORIZON SHP $533.92 ↑ +359%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $553.58 ↑ +376%
HORIZON HMO $553.95 ↑ +377%
QUALCARE HMO $564.78 ↑ +386%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $564.78 ↑ +386%
QUALCARE PPO $564.78 ↑ +386%
HORIZON PPO $568.63 ↑ +389%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $47.92 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $38.37 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $47.92 – $116.22
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $80.04 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $47.92 – $334.81
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $125.23 $42.33 – $295.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $47.92 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $47.92 – $295.04

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