Closed tx orbit w/manipulj 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

$1,618.86

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.

$3,607.00

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.

$649.26 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $649.26 ↓ -60%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $667.30 ↓ -59%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $697.79 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $739.44 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -27%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -16%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,699.80 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,764.56 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,942.63 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PIP $2,348.16 ↑ +45%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,423.54 ↑ +50%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,604.61 ↑ +61%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,705.25 ↑ +67%
AETNA ASA $2,824.28 ↑ +74%
CIGNA BH $2,885.60 ↑ +78%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,065.95 ↑ +89%
HORIZON SHP $3,096.25 ↑ +91%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,132.32 ↑ +93%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,210.23 ↑ +98%
HORIZON HMO $3,212.39 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE PPO $3,275.16 ↑ +102%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,275.16 ↑ +102%
HORIZON PPO $3,297.52 ↑ +104%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,547.85 ↑ +119%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +122%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +148%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +282%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +370%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +480%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +480%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +514%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,639.57 $1,639.57 – $1,967.48
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,744.44 $725.47 – $1,831.67
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JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,640.99 $363.00 – $1,640.99
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,639.57 $697.79 – $1,967.48
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,744.44 $725.47 – $1,901.44
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,640.99 $725.47 – $1,969.19
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,639.57 $697.79 – $1,967.48

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