Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$26.76
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.
$336.00
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.
$26.76 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $330.49 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.
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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| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.76 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.76 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.76 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $26.76 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.10 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $29.17 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $32.12 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $50.64 | ↑ +89% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $53.62 | ↑ +100% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $62.16 | ↑ +132% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $68.88 | ↑ +157% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $149.47 | ↑ +459% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $181.78 | ↑ +579% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $218.74 | ↑ +717% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $225.76 | ↑ +744% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $242.63 | ↑ +807% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $252.00 | ↑ +842% |
| AETNA | ASA | $263.09 | ↑ +883% |
| CIGNA | BH | $268.80 | ↑ +904% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $268.80 | ↑ +904% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $285.60 | ↑ +967% |
| AETNA | HMO | $286.27 | ↑ +970% |
| AETNA | PPO | $286.27 | ↑ +970% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $288.42 | ↑ +978% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $291.78 | ↑ +990% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $299.04 | ↑ +1017% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $299.24 | ↑ +1018% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $305.09 | ↑ +1040% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $305.09 | ↑ +1040% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $305.09 | ↑ +1040% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $307.17 | ↑ +1048% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $321.32 | ↑ +1101% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $321.32 | ↑ +1101% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $330.49 | ↑ +1135% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $27.11 | $27.11 – $50.64 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $28.84 | $17.84 – $157.09 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $26.76 | $13.20 – $149.47 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $27.13 | $13.20 – $157.09 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $27.11 | $27.11 – $149.47 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $28.84 | $19.68 – $157.09 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $27.13 | $27.13 – $157.09 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $27.11 | $13.80 – $149.47 |