Explr/decompress eye socket 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

$4,121.25

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.

$9,123.00

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.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $14,007.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,642.14 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -59%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,687.76 ↓ -59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,870.22 ↓ -55%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,906.71 ↓ -54%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,009.17 ↓ -27%
QUALCARE HMO $3,659.00 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,121.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,121.25 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,121.25 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,121.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,327.31 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,945.50 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $5,939.07 ↑ +44%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,129.74 ↑ +49%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,587.72 ↑ +60%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,842.25 ↑ +66%
AETNA ASA $7,143.31 ↑ +73%
CIGNA BH $7,298.40 ↑ +77%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,754.55 ↑ +88%
HORIZON SHP $7,831.18 ↑ +90%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,922.41 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,119.47 ↑ +97%
HORIZON HMO $8,124.94 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HMO $8,200.66 ↑ +99%
CIGNA PPO $8,200.66 ↑ +99%
QUALCARE PPO $8,283.68 ↑ +101%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,283.68 ↑ +101%
HORIZON PPO $8,340.25 ↑ +102%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,973.38 ↑ +118%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +128%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +128%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +141%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +173%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +240%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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