Cystourethroscop/calib/dilat stric 52281 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

$2,238.78

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.

$7,497.00

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.

$308.77 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 $308.77 ↓ -86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,188.00 ↓ -47%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -47%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,349.46 ↓ -40%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,386.95 ↓ -38%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,536.89 ↓ -31%
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%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↑ +1%
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 $4,880.55 ↑ +118%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,037.23 ↑ +125%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,413.58 ↑ +142%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,622.75 ↑ +151%
AETNA ASA $5,870.15 ↑ +162%
CIGNA BH $5,997.60 ↑ +168%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +176%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,372.45 ↑ +185%
HORIZON SHP $6,435.42 ↑ +187%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,510.39 ↑ +191%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,672.33 ↑ +198%
HORIZON HMO $6,676.83 ↑ +198%
QUALCARE PPO $6,807.28 ↑ +204%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,807.28 ↑ +204%
HORIZON PPO $6,853.76 ↑ +206%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,374.05 ↑ +229%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +240%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +319%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +319%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15,984.00 ↑ +614%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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