Exc thigh/knee tum dep 5cm/> 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

$3,127.88

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.

$6,086.00

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.

$1,095.48 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,095.48 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,125.91 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,247.63 ↓ -60%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,579.10 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,915.00 ↓ -39%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -28%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,127.88 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,284.27 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,409.39 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,753.45 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $3,961.99 ↑ +27%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,089.18 ↑ +31%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,394.70 ↑ +41%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,564.50 ↑ +46%
AETNA ASA $4,765.34 ↑ +52%
CIGNA BH $4,868.80 ↑ +56%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,173.10 ↑ +65%
HORIZON SHP $5,224.22 ↑ +67%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,285.08 ↑ +69%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,416.54 ↑ +73%
HORIZON HMO $5,420.19 ↑ +73%
CIGNA HMO $5,470.71 ↑ +75%
CIGNA PPO $5,470.71 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE PPO $5,526.09 ↑ +77%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,526.09 ↑ +77%
HORIZON PPO $5,563.82 ↑ +78%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,986.19 ↑ +91%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +164%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +200%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +200%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +218%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +227%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,167.89 $1,579.10 – $3,801.47

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