Filtered speech hearing test 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

$42.90

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.

$188.00

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.

$33.84 with CLOVER vs $527.00 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.84 ↓ -21%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $34.78 ↓ -19%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $38.54 ↓ -10%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.90 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.76 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.47 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.31 ↑ +24%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $110.73 ↑ +158%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $119.15 ↑ +178%
HORIZON PIP $122.39 ↑ +185%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $126.32 ↑ +194%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $133.65 ↑ +212%
HORIZON OMNIA $135.75 ↑ +216%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $141.00 ↑ +229%
AETNA ASA $147.20 ↑ +243%
CIGNA BH $150.40 ↑ +251%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $159.80 ↑ +272%
HORIZON SHP $161.38 ↑ +276%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $167.32 ↑ +290%
HORIZON HMO $167.43 ↑ +290%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $169.20 ↑ +294%
AETNA HMO $169.24 ↑ +294%
AETNA PPO $169.24 ↑ +294%
QUALCARE PPO $170.70 ↑ +298%
QUALCARE HMO $170.70 ↑ +298%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $170.70 ↑ +298%
HORIZON PPO $171.87 ↑ +301%
CIGNA PPO $179.78 ↑ +319%
CIGNA HMO $179.78 ↑ +319%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $352.00 ↑ +721%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +984%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +1128%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $43.44 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $36.98 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $42.90 $39.25 – $499.00
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $43.48 $43.48 – $95.00
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