Homocysteine 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

$17.92

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.

$240.00

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.

$17.92 with VACCN vs $236.06 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.92 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.92 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.82 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.53 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $21.50 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.34 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36.78 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $37.03 ↑ +107%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $44.40 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $82.12 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $82.12 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $129.84 ↑ +625%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $152.11 ↑ +749%
HORIZON PIP $156.24 ↑ +772%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $161.26 ↑ +800%
HORIZON OMNIA $173.30 ↑ +867%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $180.00 ↑ +904%
AETNA ASA $187.92 ↑ +949%
CIGNA BH $192.00 ↑ +971%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $192.00 ↑ +971%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $204.00 ↑ +1038%
AETNA HMO $204.48 ↑ +1041%
AETNA PPO $204.48 ↑ +1041%
HORIZON SHP $206.02 ↑ +1050%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $208.42 ↑ +1063%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $213.60 ↑ +1092%
HORIZON HMO $213.74 ↑ +1093%
QUALCARE HMO $217.92 ↑ +1116%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $217.92 ↑ +1116%
QUALCARE PPO $217.92 ↑ +1116%
HORIZON PPO $219.41 ↑ +1124%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $236.06 ↑ +1217%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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