CT colonography screening 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

$264.17

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.

$990.00

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.

$178.20 with CLOVER vs $1,996.87 with AETNA — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.20 ↓ -33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $183.15 ↓ -31%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $202.95 ↓ -23%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $264.17 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $264.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $317.01 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $535.59 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $596.73 ↑ +126%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $607.05 ↑ +130%
HORIZON PIP $644.49 ↑ +144%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $665.18 ↑ +152%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $683.10 ↑ +159%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +170%
HORIZON OMNIA $714.88 ↑ +171%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $742.50 ↑ +181%
AETNA ASA $775.17 ↑ +193%
CIGNA BH $792.00 ↑ +200%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $841.50 ↑ +219%
HORIZON SHP $849.82 ↑ +222%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $881.10 ↑ +234%
HORIZON HMO $881.69 ↑ +234%
QUALCARE HMO $898.92 ↑ +240%
QUALCARE PPO $898.92 ↑ +240%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $898.92 ↑ +240%
HORIZON PPO $905.06 ↑ +243%
CIGNA HMO $946.74 ↑ +258%
CIGNA PPO $946.74 ↑ +258%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,245.68 ↑ +372%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,607.59 ↑ +509%
AETNA PPO $1,996.87 ↑ +656%
AETNA HMO $1,996.87 ↑ +656%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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