Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$5.10

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.

$68.00

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.

$5.10 with VACCN vs $64.92 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.10 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.10 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.10 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.36 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.56 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.12 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.64 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.47 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.17 ↑ +119%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $12.21 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HMO $23.37 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $23.37 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $35.71 ↑ +600%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $41.83 ↑ +720%
HORIZON PIP $42.97 ↑ +743%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $44.35 ↑ +770%
HORIZON OMNIA $47.66 ↑ +835%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $49.50 ↑ +871%
AETNA ASA $51.68 ↑ +913%
CIGNA BH $52.80 ↑ +935%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $52.80 ↑ +935%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $56.10 ↑ +1000%
AETNA HMO $56.23 ↑ +1003%
AETNA PPO $56.23 ↑ +1003%
HORIZON SHP $56.65 ↑ +1011%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.31 ↑ +1024%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $58.74 ↑ +1052%
HORIZON HMO $58.78 ↑ +1053%
QUALCARE HMO $59.93 ↑ +1075%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $59.93 ↑ +1075%
QUALCARE PPO $59.93 ↑ +1075%
HORIZON PPO $60.34 ↑ +1083%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $64.92 ↑ +1173%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5.10 $5.10 – $23.37
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $5.10 $0.89 – $22.90
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $5.10 $0.56 – $23.37
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $5.10 $0.56 – $24.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $5.10 $4.08 – $23.37
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $5.10 $0.98 – $23.37
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $5.10 $5.10 – $23.37
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $5.10 $0.69 – $23.37

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