Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) 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

$920.87

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.

$5,390.00

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.

$346.07 with KARNA vs $8,077.00 with HORIZON — 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 $346.07 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $358.00 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $911.00 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $920.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $920.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $920.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $920.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $966.92 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $970.20 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $997.15 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,003.75 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,104.95 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,105.05 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,416.00 ↑ +54%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,522.00 ↑ +65%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,599.00 ↑ +74%
AETNA HMO $3,478.00 ↑ +278%
AETNA PPO $3,478.00 ↑ +278%
HORIZON PIP $3,508.89 ↑ +281%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,621.54 ↑ +293%
AETNA ASA $4,220.37 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,256.00 ↑ +362%
CIGNA BH $4,312.00 ↑ +368%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,374.00 ↑ +375%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,581.50 ↑ +398%
QUALCARE HMO $4,894.12 ↑ +431%
QUALCARE PPO $4,894.12 ↑ +431%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,894.12 ↑ +431%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +689%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +754%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +755%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +777%
CIGNA PPO not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO not published by hospital —
HORIZON OMNIA not published by hospital —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,044.73 $144.26 – $1,862.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,223.72 $945.34 – $2,179.00
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,202.93 $148.50 – $1,890.68
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,156.61 $186.69 – $1,974.70
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,217.84 $932.65 – $1,855.97
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