Cystoscopy & ureter catheter 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.
$6,439.00
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.
$271.23 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 | $271.23 | ↓ -88% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,159.02 | ↓ -48% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,188.00 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,191.22 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,320.00 | ↓ -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 | $4,191.79 | ↑ +87% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,326.36 | ↑ +93% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,649.60 | ↑ +108% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,829.25 | ↑ +116% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,041.74 | ↑ +125% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,151.20 | ↑ +130% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,473.15 | ↑ +144% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,527.24 | ↑ +147% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,591.63 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,730.71 | ↑ +156% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,734.57 | ↑ +156% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,846.61 | ↑ +161% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,846.61 | ↑ +161% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,886.53 | ↑ +163% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,333.40 | ↑ +183% |
| 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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Cystoscopy & ureter catheter at other New-jersey hospitals
| 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 | $279.39 – $2,533.07 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $2,238.78 | $271.23 – $15,984.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2,269.38 | $183.00 – $2,269.38 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $2,267.41 | $271.23 – $2,720.90 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $2,412.45 | $279.39 – $15,984.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $2,269.38 | $279.39 – $15,984.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $2,267.41 | $271.23 – $15,984.00 |