Cochlear implt f/up exam 7/> 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

$170.99

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.

$732.00

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.

$60.00 with HORIZON vs $720.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↓ -65%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.76 ↓ -23%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $135.42 ↓ -21%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $150.06 ↓ -12%
QUALCARE HMO $160.00 ↓ -6%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $170.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.54 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $186.38 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.25 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +31%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE PPO $257.00 ↑ +50%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $257.00 ↑ +50%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $332.00 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $409.00 ↑ +139%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $431.15 ↑ +152%
HORIZON PIP $476.53 ↑ +179%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $491.83 ↑ +188%
HORIZON OMNIA $528.58 ↑ +209%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $549.00 ↑ +221%
AETNA ASA $573.16 ↑ +235%
CIGNA BH $585.60 ↑ +242%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $622.20 ↑ +264%
HORIZON SHP $628.35 ↑ +267%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $635.67 ↑ +272%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $651.48 ↑ +281%
HORIZON HMO $651.92 ↑ +281%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $658.80 ↑ +285%
AETNA HMO $658.95 ↑ +285%
AETNA PPO $658.95 ↑ +285%
HORIZON PPO $669.19 ↑ +291%
CIGNA HMO $700.01 ↑ +309%
CIGNA PPO $700.01 ↑ +309%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $720.00 ↑ +321%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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