Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$599.23
Cash price 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.
$4,021.00
Gross charge 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.
$332.72 with KARNA vs $3,955.06 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $332.72 | ↓ -44% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $599.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $599.23 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $629.19 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $653.16 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $719.07 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $723.78 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $743.89 | ↑ +24% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $824.31 | ↑ +38% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,336.00 | ↑ +290% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,368.37 | ↑ +295% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,548.51 | ↑ +325% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,617.67 | ↑ +337% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,701.71 | ↑ +351% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,845.00 | ↑ +375% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,903.56 | ↑ +385% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,015.75 | ↑ +403% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,148.44 | ↑ +425% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,216.80 | ↑ +437% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,417.85 | ↑ +470% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,451.63 | ↑ +476% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,491.84 | ↑ +483% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,578.69 | ↑ +497% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,581.10 | ↑ +498% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,618.90 | ↑ +504% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,619.70 | ↑ +504% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,619.70 | ↑ +504% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,651.07 | ↑ +509% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,651.07 | ↑ +509% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,651.07 | ↑ +509% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,676.00 | ↑ +513% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,845.28 | ↑ +542% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,845.28 | ↑ +542% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,955.06 | ↑ +560% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,305.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $349.12 – $5,399.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $332.72 – $2,718.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $607.42 | $349.12 – $1,839.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $606.89 | $332.72 – $2,376.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $645.71 | $349.12 – $3,541.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $607.42 | $349.12 – $2,209.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $606.89 | $332.72 – $2,291.00 |