Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated 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

$12.11

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$428.00

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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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$12.11 with VACCN vs $157.38 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.11 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.11 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.72 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.20 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $14.53 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.77 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24.86 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.58 ↑ +119%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $29.60 ↑ +144%
CIGNA HMO $55.49 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $55.49 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $86.56 ↑ +615%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $101.41 ↑ +737%
HORIZON PIP $104.16 ↑ +760%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $107.50 ↑ +788%
HORIZON OMNIA $115.54 ↑ +854%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $120.00 ↑ +891%
AETNA ASA $125.28 ↑ +935%
CIGNA BH $128.00 ↑ +957%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $128.00 ↑ +957%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $136.00 ↑ +1023%
AETNA HMO $136.32 ↑ +1026%
AETNA PPO $136.32 ↑ +1026%
HORIZON SHP $137.34 ↑ +1034%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $138.94 ↑ +1047%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $142.40 ↑ +1076%
HORIZON HMO $142.50 ↑ +1077%
QUALCARE HMO $145.28 ↑ +1100%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $145.28 ↑ +1100%
QUALCARE PPO $145.28 ↑ +1100%
HORIZON PPO $146.27 ↑ +1108%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $157.38 ↑ +1200%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $12.11 $9.69 – $54.38
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $12.11 $12.11 – $56.99
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $12.11 $9.69 – $55.49
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49

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