Hemoglobin-oxygen affinity 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

$13.34

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.

$548.00

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.

$13.34 with CLOVER vs $539.01 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 $13.34 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.34 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.34 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.34 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.34 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.34 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.01 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $16.01 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.38 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $21.93 ↑ +64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.38 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $61.13 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $61.13 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $101.38 ↑ +660%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $296.47 ↑ +2122%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $347.32 ↑ +2504%
HORIZON PIP $356.75 ↑ +2574%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $368.20 ↑ +2660%
HORIZON OMNIA $395.71 ↑ +2866%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $411.00 ↑ +2981%
AETNA ASA $429.08 ↑ +3116%
CIGNA BH $438.40 ↑ +3186%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $438.40 ↑ +3186%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $465.80 ↑ +3392%
AETNA HMO $466.90 ↑ +3400%
AETNA PPO $466.90 ↑ +3400%
HORIZON SHP $470.40 ↑ +3426%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $475.88 ↑ +3467%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $487.72 ↑ +3556%
HORIZON HMO $488.05 ↑ +3559%
QUALCARE HMO $497.58 ↑ +3630%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $497.58 ↑ +3630%
QUALCARE PPO $497.58 ↑ +3630%
HORIZON PPO $500.98 ↑ +3655%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $539.01 ↑ +3941%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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