Incise skull for treatment at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$6,998.88
Cash price 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.
$17,755.00
Gross charge 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 $19,696.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,679.00 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,379.00 | ↓ -66% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,744.00 | ↓ -61% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,195.90 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,284.68 | ↓ -53% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,407.87 | ↓ -51% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,639.78 | ↓ -48% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,998.88 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,998.88 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,998.88 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6,998.88 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $7,049.00 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,348.82 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,628.78 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,963.00 | ↑ +14% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $8,398.66 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8,703.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8,706.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,936.00 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +34% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +34% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +42% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $10,197.00 | ↑ +46% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $10,197.00 | ↑ +46% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $11,558.51 | ↑ +65% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $11,929.58 | ↑ +70% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $13,316.25 | ↑ +90% |
| AETNA | ASA | $13,902.17 | ↑ +99% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $13,972.00 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA | BH | $14,204.00 | ↑ +103% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,091.75 | ↑ +116% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,728.00 | ↑ +125% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $15,795.00 | ↑ +126% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $15,959.97 | ↑ +128% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $15,959.97 | ↑ +128% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $19,696.00 | ↑ +181% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $7,088.41 | $7,088.41 – $8,506.09 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $7,541.82 | $3,488.37 – $7,918.91 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $6,998.88 | $3,407.87 – $8,398.66 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $7,094.56 | $1,222.08 – $7,094.56 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $7,088.41 | $3,407.87 – $8,506.09 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $7,541.82 | $3,488.37 – $8,220.58 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $7,094.56 | $3,488.37 – $8,513.47 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $7,088.41 | $3,407.87 – $8,506.09 |