Hemoglobin copper sulfate 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

$4.01

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.

$238.00

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.

$4.01 with CLOVER vs $234.10 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.01 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.21 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.37 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4.81 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.22 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8.23 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $18.38 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $18.38 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $44.03 ↑ +998%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $128.76 ↑ +3111%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $150.84 ↑ +3662%
HORIZON PIP $154.94 ↑ +3764%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $159.91 ↑ +3888%
HORIZON OMNIA $171.86 ↑ +4186%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $178.50 ↑ +4351%
AETNA ASA $186.35 ↑ +4547%
CIGNA BH $190.40 ↑ +4648%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $190.40 ↑ +4648%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $202.30 ↑ +4945%
AETNA HMO $202.78 ↑ +4957%
AETNA PPO $202.78 ↑ +4957%
HORIZON SHP $204.30 ↑ +4995%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $206.68 ↑ +5054%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $211.82 ↑ +5182%
HORIZON HMO $211.96 ↑ +5186%
QUALCARE HMO $216.10 ↑ +5289%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $216.10 ↑ +5289%
QUALCARE PPO $216.10 ↑ +5289%
HORIZON PPO $217.58 ↑ +5326%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $234.10 ↑ +5738%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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