Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 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

$340.32

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.

$413.00

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.

$74.34 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.34 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $76.41 ↓ -78%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $84.67 ↓ -75%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $162.13 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $243.26 ↓ -29%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $261.76 ↓ -23%
HORIZON PIP $268.86 ↓ -21%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $277.49 ↓ -18%
HORIZON OMNIA $298.23 ↓ -12%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $309.75 ↓ -9%
AETNA ASA $323.38 ↓ -5%
CIGNA BH $330.40 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $340.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $340.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $340.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $340.32 ↑ +0%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $351.05 ↑ +3%
HORIZON SHP $354.52 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.34 ↑ +5%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $358.65 ↑ +5%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $367.57 ↑ +8%
HORIZON HMO $367.82 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $370.95 ↑ +9%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $371.70 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $371.78 ↑ +9%
AETNA HMO $371.78 ↑ +9%
QUALCARE HMO $375.00 ↑ +10%
QUALCARE PPO $375.00 ↑ +10%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $375.00 ↑ +10%
HORIZON PPO $377.56 ↑ +11%
CIGNA PPO $394.95 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HMO $394.95 ↑ +16%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $406.23 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $408.39 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,041.00 ↑ +206%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,522.00 ↑ +347%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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