Implant eye drug system 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

$16,791.92

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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.

$17,622.00

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.

$1,679.00 with HORIZON vs $20,150.30 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -90%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,742.04 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -86%
QUALCARE HMO $2,744.00 ↓ -84%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,171.96 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,260.07 ↓ -81%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,612.51 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↓ -74%
CIGNA PPO $4,941.00 ↓ -71%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↓ -58%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↓ -53%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↓ -48%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↓ -48%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↓ -47%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↓ -44%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↓ -44%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -41%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↓ -39%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↓ -39%
HORIZON PIP $11,471.92 ↓ -32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $11,840.22 ↓ -29%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $13,216.50 ↓ -21%
AETNA ASA $13,798.03 ↓ -18%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $13,972.00 ↓ -17%
CIGNA BH $14,097.60 ↓ -16%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $14,978.70 ↓ -11%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,728.00 ↓ -6%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $15,795.00 ↓ -6%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,791.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16,791.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16,791.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,791.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,631.51 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,303.19 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,696.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20,150.30 ↑ +20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Implant eye drug system at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17,006.72 $17,006.72 – $20,408.06
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $18,094.55 $1,809.91 – $18,999.27
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16,791.92 $1,742.04 – $20,150.30
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17,021.47 $1,809.91 – $17,021.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17,006.72 $1,742.04 – $20,408.06
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $18,094.55 $1,809.91 – $19,723.05
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17,021.47 $1,809.91 – $20,425.76
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17,006.72 $1,742.04 – $20,408.06

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