Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$1,024.64
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.
$3,285.00
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.
$163.36 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 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 | $163.36 | ↓ -84% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $591.30 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $607.73 | ↓ -41% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $673.43 | ↓ -34% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $903.00 | ↓ -12% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,024.64 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,024.64 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,024.64 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,024.64 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,075.87 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,116.86 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,229.57 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,525.00 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,138.54 | ↑ +109% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,207.19 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,249.00 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,372.10 | ↑ +132% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,463.75 | ↑ +140% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,518.00 | ↑ +146% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,572.16 | ↑ +151% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,628.00 | ↑ +156% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,792.25 | ↑ +173% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,819.84 | ↑ +175% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,852.69 | ↑ +178% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,923.65 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,925.62 | ↑ +186% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,982.78 | ↑ +191% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,982.78 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,003.15 | ↑ +193% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,231.13 | ↑ +215% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,189.00 | ↑ +504% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,601.00 | ↑ +642% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +816% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +816% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +869% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Dilate esophagus 1/mult pass at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,037.75 | $1,037.75 – $1,245.30 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,104.13 | $168.75 – $1,159.33 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,024.64 | $163.36 – $1,229.57 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,038.65 | $82.72 – $1,038.65 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,037.75 | $163.36 – $1,245.30 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,104.13 | $81.48 – $1,203.50 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,038.65 | $168.75 – $1,246.38 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,037.75 | $163.36 – $1,245.30 |