Ghs protein, misc fluid 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

$5.61

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.

$144.00

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.

$4.44 with AETNA vs $25.71 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 $4.44 ↓ -21%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.61 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.89 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.11 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.73 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.36 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.51 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $12.98 ↑ +131%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $15.21 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PIP $15.62 ↑ +178%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16.13 ↑ +188%
HORIZON OMNIA $17.33 ↑ +209%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↑ +221%
AETNA ASA $18.79 ↑ +235%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $19.20 ↑ +242%
CIGNA BH $19.20 ↑ +242%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $20.40 ↑ +264%
AETNA PPO $20.45 ↑ +265%
AETNA HMO $20.45 ↑ +265%
HORIZON SHP $20.60 ↑ +267%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $20.84 ↑ +271%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $21.36 ↑ +281%
HORIZON HMO $21.37 ↑ +281%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $21.79 ↑ +288%
QUALCARE PPO $21.79 ↑ +288%
QUALCARE HMO $21.79 ↑ +288%
HORIZON PPO $21.94 ↑ +291%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $23.61 ↑ +321%
CIGNA PPO $25.71 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $25.71 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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