Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$264.17

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.

$1,488.00

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.

$231.36 with KARNA vs $2,845.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.36 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $264.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $264.17 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.84 ↑ +1%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $275.28 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.95 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $305.04 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $317.01 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $876.43 ↑ +232%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $943.09 ↑ +257%
HORIZON PIP $968.69 ↑ +267%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $999.79 ↑ +278%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,074.48 ↑ +307%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,116.00 ↑ +322%
AETNA ASA $1,165.10 ↑ +341%
CIGNA BH $1,190.40 ↑ +351%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,264.80 ↑ +379%
HORIZON SHP $1,277.30 ↑ +384%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,292.18 ↑ +389%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,324.32 ↑ +401%
HORIZON HMO $1,325.21 ↑ +402%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,339.20 ↑ +407%
AETNA HMO $1,339.50 ↑ +407%
AETNA PPO $1,339.50 ↑ +407%
QUALCARE PPO $1,351.10 ↑ +411%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,351.10 ↑ +411%
QUALCARE HMO $1,351.10 ↑ +411%
HORIZON PPO $1,360.33 ↑ +415%
CIGNA HMO $1,422.97 ↑ +439%
CIGNA PPO $1,422.97 ↑ +439%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,463.60 ↑ +454%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,336.00 ↑ +784%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,845.00 ↑ +977%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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