Exc prtl bn phlnx toe 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

$3,545.97

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.

$5,558.00

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.

$701.44 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 $701.44 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,000.44 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,028.23 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,139.39 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -53%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -44%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +1%
HORIZON PIP $3,618.26 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,723.27 ↑ +5%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,734.42 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,865.11 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +13%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,013.43 ↑ +13%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,168.50 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,255.16 ↑ +20%
AETNA ASA $4,351.91 ↑ +23%
CIGNA BH $4,446.40 ↑ +25%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,724.30 ↑ +33%
HORIZON SHP $4,770.99 ↑ +35%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,826.57 ↑ +36%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,946.62 ↑ +39%
HORIZON HMO $4,949.95 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE PPO $5,046.66 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,046.66 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PPO $5,081.12 ↑ +43%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,466.85 ↑ +54%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +133%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +188%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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