Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$140.87

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.

$1,210.00

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.

$140.87 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $1,522.00 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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $140.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $140.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.92 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.55 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $169.05 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $217.80 ↑ +55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $223.85 ↑ +59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $248.05 ↑ +76%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $268.81 ↑ +91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $712.69 ↑ +406%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $766.90 ↑ +444%
HORIZON PIP $787.71 ↑ +459%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $813.00 ↑ +477%
HORIZON OMNIA $873.74 ↑ +520%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $907.50 ↑ +544%
AETNA ASA $947.43 ↑ +573%
CIGNA BH $968.00 ↑ +587%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,028.50 ↑ +630%
HORIZON SHP $1,038.66 ↑ +637%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,041.00 ↑ +639%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,050.76 ↑ +646%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,076.90 ↑ +664%
HORIZON HMO $1,077.63 ↑ +665%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,089.00 ↑ +673%
AETNA PPO $1,089.24 ↑ +673%
AETNA HMO $1,089.24 ↑ +673%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,098.68 ↑ +680%
QUALCARE HMO $1,098.68 ↑ +680%
QUALCARE PPO $1,098.68 ↑ +680%
HORIZON PPO $1,106.18 ↑ +685%
CIGNA HMO $1,157.12 ↑ +721%
CIGNA PPO $1,157.12 ↑ +721%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,190.16 ↑ +745%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,522.00 ↑ +980%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $151.80 $121.44 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $140.87 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $142.67 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $151.80 $151.80 – $1,301.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $142.80 $142.80 – $1,225.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $142.67 – $992.00

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