Comprehensive hearing test at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$170.99
Cash price 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.
$567.00
Gross charge 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.
$51.87 with KARNA vs $542.22 with CIGNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.87 | ↓ -70% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $102.06 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $104.90 | ↓ -39% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $116.24 | ↓ -32% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $170.99 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $170.99 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $170.99 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $170.99 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $179.54 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.38 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $205.19 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $333.96 | ↑ +95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $352.00 | ↑ +106% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $359.36 | ↑ +110% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $369.12 | ↑ +116% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $380.97 | ↑ +123% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $403.08 | ↑ +136% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $409.43 | ↑ +139% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $425.25 | ↑ +149% |
| AETNA | ASA | $443.96 | ↑ +160% |
| CIGNA | BH | $453.60 | ↑ +165% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $465.00 | ↑ +172% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $481.95 | ↑ +182% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $486.71 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $504.63 | ↑ +195% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $504.97 | ↑ +195% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $510.30 | ↑ +198% |
| AETNA | HMO | $510.41 | ↑ +199% |
| AETNA | PPO | $510.41 | ↑ +199% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $514.84 | ↑ +201% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $514.84 | ↑ +201% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $514.84 | ↑ +201% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $518.35 | ↑ +203% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $527.00 | ↑ +208% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $542.22 | ↑ +217% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $542.22 | ↑ +217% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Comprehensive hearing test at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $173.18 | $173.18 – $465.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $184.26 | $53.61 – $487.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $170.99 | $51.87 – $499.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $173.33 | $53.61 – $627.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $173.18 | $51.87 – $443.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $184.26 | $53.61 – $994.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $173.33 | $53.61 – $310.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $173.18 | $51.87 – $465.00 |