Cholinesterase challenge 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

$340.32

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.

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.

$751.00

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.

$46.33 with KARNA vs $738.68 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $46.33 ↓ -86%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.18 ↓ -60%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $138.94 ↓ -59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $153.96 ↓ -55%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $340.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $340.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $340.32 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $340.32 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.34 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $370.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $408.39 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $442.34 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $475.98 ↑ +40%
HORIZON PIP $488.90 ↑ +44%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $504.60 ↑ +48%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $533.89 ↑ +57%
HORIZON OMNIA $542.30 ↑ +59%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $563.25 ↑ +66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $583.38 ↑ +71%
AETNA ASA $588.03 ↑ +73%
CIGNA BH $600.80 ↑ +77%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $638.35 ↑ +88%
HORIZON SHP $644.66 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $652.17 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $668.39 ↑ +96%
HORIZON HMO $668.84 ↑ +97%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $675.90 ↑ +99%
AETNA HMO $676.05 ↑ +99%
AETNA PPO $676.05 ↑ +99%
QUALCARE HMO $681.91 ↑ +100%
QUALCARE PPO $681.91 ↑ +100%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $681.91 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PPO $686.56 ↑ +102%
CIGNA PPO $718.18 ↑ +111%
CIGNA HMO $718.18 ↑ +111%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $738.68 ↑ +117%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $344.68 – $413.61
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $47.78 – $4,994.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $340.32 $46.33 – $2,080.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $344.98 $47.78 – $2,437.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $344.68 $46.33 – $413.61
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $366.72 $46.43 – $576.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $344.98 $47.78 – $413.97
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $344.68 $46.33 – $413.61

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