Drain cath image guided visceral pq 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

$1,770.73

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.

$4,927.00

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.

$386.90 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 $386.90 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $886.86 ↓ -50%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $911.50 ↓ -49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,010.04 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,770.73 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,859.26 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,930.09 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,124.87 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $3,207.48 ↑ +81%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,310.45 ↑ +87%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,557.79 ↑ +101%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,695.25 ↑ +109%
AETNA ASA $3,857.84 ↑ +118%
CIGNA BH $3,941.60 ↑ +123%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,187.95 ↑ +137%
HORIZON SHP $4,229.34 ↑ +139%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,278.61 ↑ +142%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,385.03 ↑ +148%
HORIZON HMO $4,387.99 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $4,428.88 ↑ +150%
CIGNA PPO $4,428.88 ↑ +150%
QUALCARE HMO $4,473.72 ↑ +153%
QUALCARE PPO $4,473.72 ↑ +153%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,473.72 ↑ +153%
HORIZON PPO $4,504.26 ↑ +154%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,846.20 ↑ +174%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +250%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +329%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +430%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +430%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +461%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,908.09 $397.03 – $2,003.50
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,770.73 $386.90 – $2,124.87
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,794.93 $397.03 – $1,794.93
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,793.38 $386.90 – $2,152.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,908.09 $397.03 – $2,079.82
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,794.93 $397.03 – $2,153.92
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,793.38 $386.90 – $2,152.05

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