Decompress forearm 1 space 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

$3,545.97

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.

$6,686.00

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 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,203.48 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,236.91 ↓ -65%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,370.63 ↓ -61%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -36%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,757.52 ↓ -22%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,723.27 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,865.11 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,255.16 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,352.59 ↑ +23%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,492.32 ↑ +27%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,827.96 ↑ +36%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,014.50 ↑ +41%
AETNA ASA $5,235.14 ↑ +48%
CIGNA BH $5,348.80 ↑ +51%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,683.10 ↑ +60%
HORIZON SHP $5,739.26 ↑ +62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,806.12 ↑ +64%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,950.54 ↑ +68%
HORIZON HMO $5,954.55 ↑ +68%
QUALCARE PPO $6,070.89 ↑ +71%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,070.89 ↑ +71%
HORIZON PPO $6,112.34 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,576.35 ↑ +85%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +217%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +295%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Decompress forearm 1 space at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,821.05 $2,867.97 – $4,012.10
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,545.97 $2,757.52 – $4,255.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,594.44 $840.00 – $3,594.44
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,591.33 $2,757.52 – $4,309.59
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,821.05 $2,867.97 – $4,164.94
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,594.44 $2,867.97 – $4,313.33
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,591.33 $2,757.52 – $4,309.59

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