Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$96.23

Cash price

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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.

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$560.00

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.

$46.58 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $511.95 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 $46.58 ↓ -52%
AETNA PPO $77.45 ↓ -20%
AETNA HMO $77.45 ↓ -20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $77.75 ↓ -19%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $81.55 ↓ -15%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $82.96 ↓ -14%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $96.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.80 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $103.60 ↑ +8%
CIGNA PPO $104.77 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $104.77 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $114.80 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +128%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $302.96 ↑ +215%
HORIZON PIP $364.56 ↑ +279%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $376.26 ↑ +291%
HORIZON OMNIA $404.38 ↑ +320%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $420.00 ↑ +336%
AETNA ASA $438.48 ↑ +356%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $448.00 ↑ +366%
CIGNA BH $448.00 ↑ +366%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $476.00 ↑ +395%
HORIZON SHP $480.70 ↑ +400%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $498.40 ↑ +418%
HORIZON HMO $498.74 ↑ +418%
QUALCARE HMO $508.48 ↑ +428%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $508.48 ↑ +428%
QUALCARE PPO $508.48 ↑ +428%
HORIZON PPO $511.95 ↑ +432%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $46.58 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $35.77 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $46.58 – $104.77
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $72.92 – $231.98
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $46.58 – $248.57
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $39.46 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $46.58 – $219.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $46.58 – $219.04

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