Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis 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

$100.32

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.

$2,026.00

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.

$100.32 with WELLCARE vs $1,992.77 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
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $100.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.32 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $100.32 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $105.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $109.34 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $120.38 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.96 ↑ +145%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $364.68 ↑ +264%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $374.81 ↑ +274%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $415.33 ↑ +314%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,016.00 ↑ +913%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,193.31 ↑ +1090%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,284.08 ↑ +1180%
HORIZON PIP $1,318.93 ↑ +1215%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,361.27 ↑ +1257%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,462.97 ↑ +1358%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,519.50 ↑ +1415%
AETNA ASA $1,586.36 ↑ +1481%
CIGNA BH $1,620.80 ↑ +1516%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,654.00 ↑ +1549%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,722.10 ↑ +1617%
HORIZON SHP $1,739.12 ↑ +1634%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,759.38 ↑ +1654%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,803.14 ↑ +1697%
HORIZON HMO $1,804.36 ↑ +1699%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,823.40 ↑ +1718%
AETNA HMO $1,823.81 ↑ +1718%
AETNA PPO $1,823.81 ↑ +1718%
QUALCARE PPO $1,839.61 ↑ +1734%
QUALCARE HMO $1,839.61 ↑ +1734%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,839.61 ↑ +1734%
HORIZON PPO $1,852.17 ↑ +1746%
CIGNA HMO $1,937.46 ↑ +1831%
CIGNA PPO $1,937.46 ↑ +1831%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,992.77 ↑ +1886%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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