Chorion biopsy 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

$951.61

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.

$1,562.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $10,149.00 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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $271.00 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.16 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $288.97 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $320.21 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $920.02 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $951.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $951.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $951.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $990.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $999.20 ↑ +5%
HORIZON PIP $1,016.86 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,037.26 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,110.43 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,141.94 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,171.50 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,213.36 ↑ +28%
AETNA ASA $1,223.05 ↑ +29%
CIGNA BH $1,249.60 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,327.70 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,356.44 ↑ +43%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,405.80 ↑ +48%
AETNA HMO $1,406.11 ↑ +48%
AETNA PPO $1,406.11 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE PPO $1,418.30 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,418.30 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE HMO $1,418.30 ↑ +49%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,536.38 ↑ +61%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,368.00 ↑ +569%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +663%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +727%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +727%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +749%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +967%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $963.79 $963.79 – $1,156.54
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