CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) 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

$390.30

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.

$6,430.00

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.

$390.30 with WELLCARE vs $5,878.31 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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.30 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $390.30 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $390.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $409.82 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $425.43 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $468.36 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $642.48 ↑ +65%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +83%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $763.81 ↑ +96%
CIGNA HMO $774.13 ↑ +98%
CIGNA PPO $774.13 ↑ +98%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $777.02 ↑ +99%
AETNA HMO $786.81 ↑ +102%
AETNA PPO $786.81 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $895.45 ↑ +129%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,157.40 ↑ +197%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.55 ↑ +205%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,318.15 ↑ +238%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,478.63 ↑ +791%
HORIZON PIP $4,185.93 ↑ +972%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,320.32 ↑ +1007%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,436.70 ↑ +1037%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,643.10 ↑ +1090%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,822.50 ↑ +1136%
AETNA ASA $5,034.69 ↑ +1190%
CIGNA BH $5,144.00 ↑ +1218%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,465.50 ↑ +1300%
HORIZON SHP $5,519.51 ↑ +1314%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,722.70 ↑ +1366%
HORIZON HMO $5,726.56 ↑ +1367%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,838.44 ↑ +1396%
QUALCARE PPO $5,838.44 ↑ +1396%
QUALCARE HMO $5,838.44 ↑ +1396%
HORIZON PPO $5,878.31 ↑ +1406%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $395.29 $395.29 – $2,083.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $420.58 $284.05 – $1,138.41
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $390.30 $357.13 – $2,083.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $395.64 $357.13 – $950.67
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $395.29 $395.29 – $2,083.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $420.58 $313.34 – $895.45
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $395.64 $395.64 – $1,752.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $395.29 $395.29 – $2,083.00

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