Fracture assessment via dxa 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

$96.23

Cash price

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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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$369.00

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.

$49.74 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $362.95 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $49.74 ↓ -48%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.99 ↓ -36%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $66.42 ↓ -31%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $68.27 ↓ -29%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $75.65 ↓ -21%
AETNA HMO $82.88 ↓ -14%
AETNA PPO $82.88 ↓ -14%
CIGNA PPO $91.19 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HMO $91.19 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $96.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $96.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $199.63 ↑ +107%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +128%
HORIZON PIP $240.22 ↑ +150%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $247.93 ↑ +158%
HORIZON OMNIA $266.45 ↑ +177%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $276.75 ↑ +188%
AETNA ASA $288.93 ↑ +200%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $295.20 ↑ +207%
CIGNA BH $295.20 ↑ +207%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $313.65 ↑ +226%
HORIZON SHP $316.75 ↑ +229%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $320.44 ↑ +233%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $328.41 ↑ +241%
HORIZON HMO $328.63 ↑ +242%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $335.05 ↑ +248%
QUALCARE PPO $335.05 ↑ +248%
QUALCARE HMO $335.05 ↑ +248%
HORIZON PPO $337.34 ↑ +251%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $362.95 ↑ +277%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Fracture assessment via dxa at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $49.74 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $23.55 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $49.74 – $96.23
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $65.19 – $231.98
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $49.74 – $102.33
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $25.98 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $49.74 – $219.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $49.74 – $219.04

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