Hepatitis c rna dir probe 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

$31.22

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.

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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.

$31.22 with WELLCARE vs $143.06 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.22 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $31.22 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.22 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $31.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $31.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $31.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.78 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.03 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $37.46 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.66 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $44.02 ↑ +41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $64.08 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $64.08 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $143.06 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $143.06 ↑ +358%

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Hepatitis c rna dir probe at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $31.22 $31.22 – $143.06
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $31.22 $16.89 – $140.19
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $31.22 $27.50 – $143.06
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $31.22 $27.50 – $146.93
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $31.22 $24.98 – $143.06
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $31.22 $18.63 – $143.06
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $31.22 $25.56 – $143.06
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $31.22 $13.06 – $143.06

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