Ghs alcohol, methyl (methanol)-medtox 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

$17.11

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.

$310.00

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.

$4.81 with AETNA vs $78.40 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $4.81 ↓ -72%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $14.07 ↓ -18%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.48 ↓ -4%
HORIZON PIP $16.93 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.11 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.11 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.11 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $17.47 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.97 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.65 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $18.77 ↑ +10%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $19.50 ↑ +14%
AETNA ASA $20.36 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.53 ↑ +20%
CIGNA BH $20.80 ↑ +22%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $20.80 ↑ +22%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $22.10 ↑ +29%
AETNA HMO $22.15 ↑ +29%
AETNA PPO $22.15 ↑ +29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.29 ↑ +30%
HORIZON SHP $22.32 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $22.58 ↑ +32%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $23.14 ↑ +35%
HORIZON HMO $23.16 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $23.61 ↑ +38%
QUALCARE HMO $23.61 ↑ +38%
QUALCARE PPO $23.61 ↑ +38%
HORIZON PPO $23.77 ↑ +39%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $25.57 ↑ +49%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $35.12 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.27 ↑ +106%
CIGNA PPO $78.40 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $78.40 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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