I&d abscss rtrphryngl/paraphryngl intraorl apprch 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

$3,544.29

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.

$5,369.00

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.

$799.06 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $799.06 ↓ -77%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -75%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $966.42 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $993.27 ↓ -72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,100.65 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↓ -37%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -36%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -29%
HORIZON PIP $3,495.22 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,607.43 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,721.50 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,863.27 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,876.95 ↑ +9%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,026.75 ↑ +14%
AETNA ASA $4,203.93 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,253.14 ↑ +20%
CIGNA BH $4,295.20 ↑ +21%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,563.65 ↑ +29%
HORIZON SHP $4,608.75 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,662.44 ↑ +32%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,778.41 ↑ +35%
HORIZON HMO $4,781.63 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,875.05 ↑ +38%
QUALCARE PPO $4,875.05 ↑ +38%
HORIZON PPO $4,908.34 ↑ +38%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,280.95 ↑ +49%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +114%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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I&d abscss rtrphryngl/paraphryngl intraorl apprch at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,589.62 $3,589.62 – $4,307.55
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,819.23 $824.48 – $4,010.20
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,544.29 $799.06 – $4,253.14
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,592.74 $147.62 – $3,592.74
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,589.62 $799.06 – $4,307.55
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,819.23 $824.48 – $4,162.96
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,592.74 $824.48 – $4,311.29
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,589.62 $799.06 – $4,307.55

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