Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$264.17
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.
$1,049.00
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.
$167.89 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.
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 | $167.89 | ↓ -36% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $188.82 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $194.07 | ↓ -27% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $215.05 | ↓ -19% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $277.38 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $287.95 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $317.01 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $617.86 | ↑ +134% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $664.86 | ↑ +152% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $682.90 | ↑ +159% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $704.82 | ↑ +167% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $757.48 | ↑ +187% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $786.75 | ↑ +198% |
| AETNA | ASA | $821.37 | ↑ +211% |
| CIGNA | BH | $839.20 | ↑ +218% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $891.65 | ↑ +238% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $900.46 | ↑ +241% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $910.95 | ↑ +245% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $933.61 | ↑ +253% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $934.24 | ↑ +254% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $944.10 | ↑ +257% |
| AETNA | HMO | $944.31 | ↑ +257% |
| AETNA | PPO | $944.31 | ↑ +257% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $952.49 | ↑ +261% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $952.49 | ↑ +261% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $952.49 | ↑ +261% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $959.00 | ↑ +263% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,003.16 | ↑ +280% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,003.16 | ↑ +280% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,031.80 | ↑ +291% |
| 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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Echocardiogram (Limited Follow-Up Heart Ultrasound) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $312.52 | $51.38 – $528.34 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $318.90 | $138.86 – $542.38 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $345.32 | $138.86 – $525.70 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $242.45 | $138.86 – $539.67 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $313.49 | $52.89 – $542.38 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $345.98 | $66.49 – $566.47 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $364.30 | $185.14 – $532.42 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $267.55 – $2,305.00 |