Colonoscopy flex with decompression 45393 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

$1,288.59

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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$3,251.00

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.

$507.69 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $507.69 ↓ -61%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $585.18 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $601.44 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $666.46 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,288.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,288.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,288.59 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,288.59 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,353.02 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,404.57 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,546.31 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PIP $2,116.40 ↑ +64%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,184.35 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,347.55 ↑ +82%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,438.25 ↑ +89%
AETNA ASA $2,545.53 ↑ +98%
CIGNA BH $2,600.80 ↑ +102%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,763.35 ↑ +114%
HORIZON SHP $2,790.66 ↑ +117%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,823.17 ↑ +119%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,893.39 ↑ +125%
HORIZON HMO $2,895.34 ↑ +125%
QUALCARE PPO $2,951.91 ↑ +129%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,951.91 ↑ +129%
QUALCARE HMO $2,951.91 ↑ +129%
HORIZON PPO $2,972.06 ↑ +131%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,197.68 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↑ +242%
CIGNA PPO $4,941.00 ↑ +283%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +380%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +490%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +628%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +628%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +671%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy flex with decompression 45393 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,305.08 $1,305.08 – $1,566.09
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,388.56 $521.89 – $1,457.98
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,288.59 $507.69 – $1,546.31
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,306.21 $294.22 – $1,306.21
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,305.08 $507.69 – $1,566.09
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,388.56 $289.81 – $1,513.53
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,306.21 $521.89 – $1,567.45
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,305.08 $507.69 – $1,566.09

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