Ercp stent exchange w/dilate 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

$6,505.71

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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.

$7,602.00

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.

$971.55 with KARNA vs $10,216.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $971.55 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,368.36 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,406.37 ↓ -78%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,558.41 ↓ -76%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -74%
HORIZON PIP $4,948.90 ↓ -24%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,107.78 ↓ -21%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,489.40 ↓ -16%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,701.50 ↓ -12%
AETNA ASA $5,952.37 ↓ -9%
CIGNA BH $6,081.60 ↓ -7%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,461.70 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON SHP $6,525.56 ↑ +0%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,601.58 ↑ +1%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,765.78 ↑ +4%
HORIZON HMO $6,770.34 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,830.99 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $6,833.44 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HMO $6,833.44 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,902.62 ↑ +6%
QUALCARE HMO $6,902.62 ↑ +6%
QUALCARE PPO $6,902.62 ↑ +6%
HORIZON PPO $6,949.75 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,091.22 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,477.33 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,806.85 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +27%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +44%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +44%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +57%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Ercp stent exchange w/dilate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,588.93 $6,588.93 – $7,906.71
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $7,010.39 $999.73 – $7,360.91
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6,505.71 $971.55 – $7,806.85
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $6,594.64 $438.78 – $6,594.64
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $6,588.93 $971.55 – $7,906.71
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $7,010.39 $432.20 – $7,641.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $6,594.64 $999.73 – $7,913.57
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6,588.93 $971.55 – $7,906.71

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