ER Visit (level 1, minor) at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$96.23
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.
$649.00
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.
$18.61 with KARNA vs $1,599.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.61 | ↓ -81% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $97.00 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $101.04 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $104.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $115.47 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $116.82 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $120.07 | ↑ +25% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $133.05 | ↑ +38% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $180.00 | ↑ +87% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $312.00 | ↑ +224% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $361.00 | ↑ +275% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $384.00 | ↑ +299% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $385.00 | ↑ +300% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $393.00 | ↑ +308% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $394.00 | ↑ +309% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $396.00 | ↑ +312% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $422.50 | ↑ +339% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $436.06 | ↑ +353% |
| AETNA | HMO | $455.00 | ↑ +373% |
| AETNA | PPO | $455.00 | ↑ +373% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $481.00 | ↑ +400% |
| AETNA | ASA | $508.17 | ↑ +428% |
| CIGNA | BH | $519.20 | ↑ +440% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $548.00 | ↑ +469% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $548.00 | ↑ +469% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $551.65 | ↑ +473% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $589.29 | ↑ +512% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $589.29 | ↑ +512% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $589.29 | ↑ +512% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,416.00 | ↑ +1371% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,522.00 | ↑ +1482% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,599.00 | ↑ +1562% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $97.46 – $1,522.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $19.04 – $1,522.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $18.61 – $1,522.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $97.54 | $19.04 – $3,800.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $97.46 | $18.61 – $1,522.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $103.69 | $19.04 – $1,522.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $97.54 | $19.04 – $1,522.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $97.46 | $18.61 – $1,522.00 |