Cystoscopy and treatment at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$2,238.78
Cash price 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.
$6,391.00
Gross charge 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.
$553.97 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $553.97 | ↓ -75% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,150.38 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,182.34 | ↓ -47% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,188.00 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,310.16 | ↓ -41% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,982.00 | ↓ -11% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,238.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,238.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,238.78 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,238.78 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,350.71 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,440.27 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,686.53 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,133.00 | ↑ +40% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,508.00 | ↑ +57% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,160.54 | ↑ +86% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,294.11 | ↑ +92% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,614.94 | ↑ +106% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,793.25 | ↑ +114% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,004.15 | ↑ +124% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,112.80 | ↑ +128% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,432.35 | ↑ +143% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,486.03 | ↑ +145% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,549.94 | ↑ +148% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,687.99 | ↑ +154% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,691.82 | ↑ +154% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,803.03 | ↑ +159% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,803.03 | ↑ +159% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,842.65 | ↑ +161% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,286.19 | ↑ +181% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,251.00 | ↑ +269% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +319% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +319% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,216.00 | ↑ +356% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,984.00 | ↑ +614% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,267.41 | $2,267.41 – $15,984.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $2,412.45 | $569.39 – $2,533.07 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $2,238.78 | $553.97 – $15,984.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2,269.38 | $170.80 – $2,269.38 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $2,267.41 | $553.97 – $2,720.90 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $2,412.45 | $569.39 – $15,984.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $2,269.38 | $569.39 – $15,984.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $2,267.41 | $553.97 – $15,984.00 |