CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$96.23

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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$887.00

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.

$96.23 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $810.90 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $96.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $96.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.66 ↑ +66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $164.10 ↑ +71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $181.84 ↑ +89%
AETNA PPO $184.72 ↑ +92%
AETNA HMO $184.72 ↑ +92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $196.79 ↑ +104%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.65 ↑ +155%
CIGNA HMO $271.08 ↑ +182%
CIGNA PPO $271.08 ↑ +182%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $373.95 ↑ +289%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $380.42 ↑ +295%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $479.87 ↑ +399%
HORIZON PIP $577.44 ↑ +500%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $595.98 ↑ +519%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $612.03 ↑ +536%
HORIZON OMNIA $640.50 ↑ +566%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $665.25 ↑ +591%
AETNA ASA $694.52 ↑ +622%
CIGNA BH $709.60 ↑ +637%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +642%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $753.95 ↑ +683%
HORIZON SHP $761.40 ↑ +691%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $789.43 ↑ +720%
HORIZON HMO $789.96 ↑ +721%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $805.40 ↑ +737%
QUALCARE HMO $805.40 ↑ +737%
QUALCARE PPO $805.40 ↑ +737%
HORIZON PPO $810.90 ↑ +743%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $2,083.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $82.95 – $1,200.53
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $88.05 – $2,083.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $88.05 – $334.39
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $97.46 – $2,083.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $103.69 – $650.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $97.54 – $1,752.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $97.46 – $2,083.00

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