Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$756.84

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.

$2,390.00

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.

$211.28 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $211.28 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $430.20 ↓ -43%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $442.15 ↓ -42%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $489.95 ↓ -35%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $756.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $756.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $756.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $756.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $794.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $824.96 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $908.21 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,407.71 ↑ +86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,514.78 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PIP $1,555.89 ↑ +106%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,699.05 ↑ +124%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,792.50 ↑ +137%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,856.55 ↑ +145%
AETNA ASA $1,871.37 ↑ +147%
CIGNA BH $1,912.00 ↑ +153%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,031.50 ↑ +168%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,075.48 ↑ +174%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,151.00 ↑ +184%
AETNA HMO $2,151.48 ↑ +184%
AETNA PPO $2,151.48 ↑ +184%
QUALCARE HMO $2,170.12 ↑ +187%
QUALCARE PPO $2,170.12 ↑ +187%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,170.12 ↑ +187%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↑ +197%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,350.80 ↑ +211%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +233%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,368.00 ↑ +741%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +860%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +939%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +940%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +967%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +1241%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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