Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide 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

$2,134.14

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.

$9,407.00

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.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $14,007.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -44%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,250.57 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -21%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,693.26 ↓ -21%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,740.30 ↓ -18%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,928.44 ↓ -10%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,134.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,134.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,134.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,134.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,240.85 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,326.22 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,560.97 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $2,744.00 ↑ +29%
HORIZON PIP $6,123.96 ↑ +187%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,320.56 ↑ +196%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,792.79 ↑ +218%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,055.25 ↑ +231%
AETNA ASA $7,365.68 ↑ +245%
CIGNA BH $7,525.60 ↑ +253%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↑ +273%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,995.95 ↑ +275%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,169.04 ↑ +283%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,372.23 ↑ +292%
HORIZON HMO $8,377.87 ↑ +293%
CIGNA HMO $8,455.95 ↑ +296%
CIGNA PPO $8,455.95 ↑ +296%
QUALCARE PPO $8,541.56 ↑ +300%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,541.56 ↑ +300%
HORIZON PPO $8,599.88 ↑ +303%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,252.73 ↑ +334%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +340%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +340%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +365%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +427%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +556%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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