Hemoglobin at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$2.37
Cash price 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.
$50.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.48 with AETNA vs $10.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.48 | ↓ -38% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2.37 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2.37 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2.37 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2.37 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2.37 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2.37 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2.49 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2.58 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2.84 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.09 | ↑ +30% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4.33 | ↑ +83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4.86 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.07 | ↑ +114% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.20 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5.21 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $5.38 | ↑ +127% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $5.78 | ↑ +144% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.00 | ↑ +153% |
| AETNA | ASA | $6.26 | ↑ +164% |
| CIGNA | BH | $6.40 | ↑ +170% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.40 | ↑ +170% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.80 | ↑ +187% |
| AETNA | HMO | $6.82 | ↑ +188% |
| AETNA | PPO | $6.82 | ↑ +188% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6.87 | ↑ +190% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $6.95 | ↑ +193% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7.12 | ↑ +200% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7.12 | ↑ +200% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $7.26 | ↑ +206% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $7.26 | ↑ +206% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $7.26 | ↑ +206% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $7.31 | ↑ +208% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $7.87 | ↑ +232% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $10.86 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $10.86 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Hemoglobin at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2.37 | $2.37 – $10.86 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $2.37 | $1.78 – $10.64 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $2.37 | $1.32 – $10.86 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2.37 | $1.32 – $11.15 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $2.37 | $1.90 – $10.86 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $2.37 | $1.97 – $10.86 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $2.37 | $2.37 – $10.86 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $2.37 | $1.38 – $10.86 |