Coombs direct 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

$64.92

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.

$180.00

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.

$5.39 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $77.90 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.39 ↓ -92%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.39 ↓ -92%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.02 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.06 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.78 ↓ -82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.32 ↓ -79%
CIGNA PPO $24.70 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HMO $24.70 ↓ -62%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $38.95 ↓ -40%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $45.63 ↓ -30%
HORIZON PIP $46.87 ↓ -28%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $48.38 ↓ -25%
HORIZON OMNIA $51.99 ↓ -20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $54.00 ↓ -17%
AETNA ASA $56.38 ↓ -13%
CIGNA BH $57.60 ↓ -11%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $57.60 ↓ -11%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $61.20 ↓ -6%
AETNA HMO $61.34 ↓ -6%
AETNA PPO $61.34 ↓ -6%
HORIZON SHP $61.80 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $62.52 ↓ -4%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $64.08 ↓ -1%
HORIZON HMO $64.12 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $64.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $64.92 ↑ +0%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $65.38 ↑ +1%
QUALCARE HMO $65.38 ↑ +1%
QUALCARE PPO $65.38 ↑ +1%
HORIZON PPO $65.82 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.16 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.76 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $70.82 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $77.90 ↑ +20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $5.39 – $71.66
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $5.39 – $73.45
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $64.92 $5.39 – $64.92
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $65.80 $5.39 – $65.80
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $65.75 $5.39 – $71.66
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $69.95 $5.39 – $76.25
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $65.80 $5.39 – $71.73
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $65.75 $5.39 – $71.66

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