Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording 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

$42.90

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.

$112.00

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.

$20.16 with CLOVER vs $1,654.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $20.16 ↓ -53%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.62 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $20.72 ↓ -52%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $22.96 ↓ -46%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.76 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.47 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.97 ↑ +54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $70.99 ↑ +65%
HORIZON PIP $72.91 ↑ +70%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $75.25 ↑ +75%
HORIZON OMNIA $80.88 ↑ +89%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $84.00 ↑ +96%
AETNA ASA $87.70 ↑ +104%
CIGNA BH $89.60 ↑ +109%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $95.20 ↑ +122%
HORIZON SHP $96.14 ↑ +124%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $97.26 ↑ +127%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $99.68 ↑ +132%
HORIZON HMO $99.75 ↑ +133%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $100.80 ↑ +135%
AETNA HMO $100.82 ↑ +135%
AETNA PPO $100.82 ↑ +135%
QUALCARE PPO $101.70 ↑ +137%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $101.70 ↑ +137%
QUALCARE HMO $101.70 ↑ +137%
HORIZON PPO $102.39 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HMO $107.11 ↑ +150%
CIGNA PPO $107.11 ↑ +150%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $110.16 ↑ +157%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,016.00 ↑ +2268%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,654.00 ↑ +3755%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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