Drainage of rectal abscess 45020 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

$2,997.10

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.

$6,123.00

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.

$1,102.14 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,102.14 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,132.76 ↓ -62%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,182.47 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,188.00 ↓ -60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,255.22 ↓ -58%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -34%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,997.10 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,997.10 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,133.00 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,146.96 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,266.84 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,596.52 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $3,986.07 ↑ +33%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,114.04 ↑ +37%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,421.42 ↑ +48%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,592.25 ↑ +53%
AETNA ASA $4,794.31 ↑ +60%
CIGNA BH $4,898.40 ↑ +63%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,204.55 ↑ +74%
HORIZON SHP $5,255.98 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,317.21 ↑ +77%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,449.47 ↑ +82%
HORIZON HMO $5,453.14 ↑ +82%
QUALCARE PPO $5,559.68 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,559.68 ↑ +86%
HORIZON PPO $5,597.65 ↑ +87%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,022.58 ↑ +101%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +106%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +154%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +213%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +213%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +231%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Drainage of rectal abscess 45020 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,035.44 $3,035.44 – $3,642.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,229.60 $1,220.32 – $3,391.08
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,997.10 $1,182.47 – $3,596.52
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,038.07 $252.00 – $3,038.07
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,035.44 $1,182.47 – $3,642.53
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,229.60 $1,220.32 – $3,520.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,038.07 $1,220.32 – $3,645.69
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,035.44 $1,182.47 – $3,642.53

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