Close tear duct opening 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

$326.69

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.

$1,056.00

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 $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $190.08 ↓ -42%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $195.36 ↓ -40%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $216.48 ↓ -34%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $302.55 ↓ -7%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $326.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $326.69 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $326.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $326.69 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $343.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $356.10 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $392.03 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $687.46 ↑ +110%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $709.53 ↑ +117%
HORIZON OMNIA $762.54 ↑ +133%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $792.00 ↑ +142%
AETNA ASA $826.85 ↑ +153%
CIGNA BH $844.80 ↑ +159%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $897.60 ↑ +175%
HORIZON SHP $906.47 ↑ +177%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $917.03 ↑ +181%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $939.84 ↑ +188%
HORIZON HMO $940.47 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE PPO $958.85 ↑ +194%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $958.85 ↑ +194%
HORIZON PPO $965.40 ↑ +196%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,038.68 ↑ +218%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +264%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↑ +367%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↑ +414%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,837.00 ↑ +768%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,352.00 ↑ +926%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +2772%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +2772%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +2940%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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