Extrnl counterpulse, per tx 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

$140.87

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.

$976.00

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.

$140.87 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $959.99 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.

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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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $140.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $140.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.92 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.55 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $169.05 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $175.68 ↑ +25%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $180.56 ↑ +28%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.36 ↑ +32%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $200.08 ↑ +42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $574.86 ↑ +308%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $618.59 ↑ +339%
HORIZON PIP $635.38 ↑ +351%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $655.77 ↑ +366%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $693.84 ↑ +393%
HORIZON OMNIA $704.77 ↑ +400%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $732.00 ↑ +420%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $758.16 ↑ +438%
AETNA ASA $764.21 ↑ +442%
CIGNA BH $780.80 ↑ +454%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $829.60 ↑ +489%
HORIZON SHP $837.80 ↑ +495%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $847.56 ↑ +502%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $868.64 ↑ +517%
HORIZON HMO $869.23 ↑ +517%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $878.40 ↑ +524%
AETNA HMO $878.60 ↑ +524%
AETNA PPO $878.60 ↑ +524%
QUALCARE HMO $886.21 ↑ +529%
QUALCARE PPO $886.21 ↑ +529%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $886.21 ↑ +529%
HORIZON PPO $892.26 ↑ +533%
CIGNA PPO $933.35 ↑ +563%
CIGNA HMO $933.35 ↑ +563%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $959.99 ↑ +581%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Extrnl counterpulse, per tx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $104.00 – $1,042.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $142.67 – $185.36
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $142.80 $142.80 – $196.21
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $142.67 – $185.36

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