Dilate urethra stricture 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

$265.80

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.

$994.00

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.

$128.72 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.

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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 $128.72 ↓ -52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.92 ↓ -33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $183.89 ↓ -31%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $203.77 ↓ -23%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $265.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $265.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $265.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $265.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $279.09 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $289.72 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $318.96 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $647.09 ↑ +143%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $667.87 ↑ +151%
HORIZON OMNIA $717.77 ↑ +170%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $745.50 ↑ +180%
AETNA ASA $778.30 ↑ +193%
CIGNA BH $795.20 ↑ +199%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $844.90 ↑ +218%
HORIZON SHP $853.25 ↑ +221%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $863.19 ↑ +225%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $884.66 ↑ +233%
HORIZON HMO $885.26 ↑ +233%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $902.55 ↑ +240%
QUALCARE PPO $902.55 ↑ +240%
HORIZON PPO $908.71 ↑ +242%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $977.70 ↑ +268%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +347%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↑ +474%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↑ +532%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↑ +746%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +847%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,837.00 ↑ +967%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,352.00 ↑ +1161%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +3430%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +3430%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +3637%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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