Cysto w/ureter stricture tx 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

$3,769.31

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.

$6,830.00

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.

$573.98 with KARNA vs $15,984.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $573.98 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,229.40 ↓ -67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,263.55 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,400.15 ↓ -63%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,427.47 ↓ -62%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,769.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,769.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,769.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,769.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,957.78 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +6%
HORIZON PIP $4,446.33 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,523.17 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,589.08 ↑ +22%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,931.94 ↑ +31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,122.50 ↑ +36%
AETNA ASA $5,347.89 ↑ +42%
CIGNA BH $5,464.00 ↑ +45%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,805.50 ↑ +54%
HORIZON SHP $5,862.87 ↑ +56%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,931.17 ↑ +57%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,078.70 ↑ +61%
HORIZON HMO $6,082.80 ↑ +61%
QUALCARE PPO $6,201.64 ↑ +65%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,201.64 ↑ +65%
HORIZON PPO $6,243.99 ↑ +66%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,717.99 ↑ +78%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +119%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +149%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +149%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +171%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15,984.00 ↑ +324%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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