Hysteroscopy biopsy 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

$3,474.84

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.

$7,159.00

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.

$474.61 with KARNA vs $10,216.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $474.61 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,288.62 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,324.42 ↓ -62%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,467.60 ↓ -58%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -43%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,474.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,474.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,474.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,474.84 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,648.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,787.58 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,169.81 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,660.51 ↑ +34%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,810.13 ↑ +38%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,169.51 ↑ +49%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,369.25 ↑ +55%
AETNA ASA $5,605.50 ↑ +61%
CIGNA BH $5,727.20 ↑ +65%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,085.15 ↑ +75%
HORIZON SHP $6,145.29 ↑ +77%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,216.88 ↑ +79%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,371.51 ↑ +83%
HORIZON HMO $6,375.81 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE PPO $6,500.37 ↑ +87%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,500.37 ↑ +87%
HORIZON PPO $6,544.76 ↑ +88%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,041.59 ↑ +103%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +137%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +170%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +170%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +186%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +194%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,519.29 $3,519.29 – $4,223.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,744.41 $487.51 – $3,931.63
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,519.29 $474.61 – $4,223.15
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,744.41 $487.51 – $4,081.40
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,522.35 $487.51 – $4,226.82
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,519.29 $474.61 – $4,223.15

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