Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern 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

$588.26

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.

$3,484.00

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.

$377.83 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,426.86 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $377.83 ↓ -36%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $569.81 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $588.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $588.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $617.68 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $627.12 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $641.21 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $644.54 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $705.92 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $714.22 ↑ +21%
AETNA HMO $990.21 ↑ +68%
AETNA PPO $990.21 ↑ +68%
CIGNA PPO $1,107.92 ↑ +88%
CIGNA HMO $1,107.92 ↑ +88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,325.05 ↑ +125%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,884.84 ↑ +220%
HORIZON PIP $2,268.08 ↑ +286%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,340.90 ↑ +298%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,515.80 ↑ +328%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,613.00 ↑ +344%
AETNA ASA $2,727.97 ↑ +364%
CIGNA BH $2,787.20 ↑ +374%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,961.40 ↑ +403%
HORIZON SHP $2,990.67 ↑ +408%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,025.51 ↑ +414%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,100.76 ↑ +427%
HORIZON HMO $3,102.85 ↑ +427%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,135.60 ↑ +433%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,163.47 ↑ +438%
QUALCARE PPO $3,163.47 ↑ +438%
QUALCARE HMO $3,163.47 ↑ +438%
HORIZON PPO $3,185.07 ↑ +441%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,426.86 ↑ +483%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $377.83 – $1,325.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $633.90 $156.10 – $1,513.47
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $595.79 $377.83 – $1,503.68
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $633.90 $172.20 – $1,325.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $596.31 $236.25 – $1,325.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $595.79 $147.00 – $1,325.05

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