Culture mycoplasma any source 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

$15.39

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.

$76.00

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.

$14.06 with AETNA vs $74.75 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.06 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.39 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $15.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15.39 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $15.39 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15.39 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.16 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.78 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $18.47 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.05 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $31.59 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33.78 ↑ +119%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $41.12 ↑ +167%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $48.17 ↑ +213%
HORIZON PIP $49.48 ↑ +222%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $51.06 ↑ +232%
HORIZON OMNIA $54.88 ↑ +257%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $57.00 ↑ +270%
AETNA ASA $59.51 ↑ +287%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $60.80 ↑ +295%
CIGNA BH $60.80 ↑ +295%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $64.60 ↑ +320%
AETNA PPO $64.75 ↑ +321%
AETNA HMO $64.75 ↑ +321%
HORIZON SHP $65.24 ↑ +324%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $66.00 ↑ +329%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $67.64 ↑ +340%
HORIZON HMO $67.69 ↑ +340%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $69.01 ↑ +348%
QUALCARE PPO $69.01 ↑ +348%
QUALCARE HMO $69.01 ↑ +348%
HORIZON PPO $69.48 ↑ +351%
CIGNA PPO $70.52 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $70.52 ↑ +358%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $74.75 ↑ +386%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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