Dx aly aud oi snd prcsr 1st 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

$170.99

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.

$452.00

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.

$81.36 with CLOVER vs $527.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $81.36 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $83.62 ↓ -51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $92.66 ↓ -46%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.02 ↓ -32%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $170.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $170.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.54 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $186.38 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $266.23 ↑ +56%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $286.48 ↑ +68%
HORIZON PIP $294.25 ↑ +72%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $303.70 ↑ +78%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $321.33 ↑ +88%
HORIZON OMNIA $326.39 ↑ +91%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $339.00 ↑ +98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $352.00 ↑ +106%
AETNA ASA $353.92 ↑ +107%
CIGNA BH $361.60 ↑ +111%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $384.20 ↑ +125%
HORIZON SHP $388.00 ↑ +127%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $402.28 ↑ +135%
HORIZON HMO $402.55 ↑ +135%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $406.80 ↑ +138%
AETNA PPO $406.89 ↑ +138%
AETNA HMO $406.89 ↑ +138%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $410.42 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE PPO $410.42 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE HMO $410.42 ↑ +140%
HORIZON PPO $413.22 ↑ +142%
CIGNA HMO $432.25 ↑ +153%
CIGNA PPO $432.25 ↑ +153%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +172%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +208%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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