Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$11.98
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.
$188.00
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.
$11.98 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $66.88 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.98 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $11.98 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.98 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.98 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.98 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $11.98 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $12.58 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $12.58 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $13.06 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $14.38 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.60 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $24.59 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.33 | ↑ +120% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $36.79 | ↑ +207% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $43.10 | ↑ +260% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $44.27 | ↑ +270% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $45.69 | ↑ +281% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $49.10 | ↑ +310% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $51.00 | ↑ +326% |
| AETNA | ASA | $53.24 | ↑ +344% |
| CIGNA | BH | $54.40 | ↑ +354% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $54.40 | ↑ +354% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $54.90 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $54.90 | ↑ +358% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $57.80 | ↑ +382% |
| AETNA | HMO | $57.94 | ↑ +384% |
| AETNA | PPO | $57.94 | ↑ +384% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $58.37 | ↑ +387% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $59.05 | ↑ +393% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $60.52 | ↑ +405% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $60.56 | ↑ +406% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $61.74 | ↑ +415% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $61.74 | ↑ +415% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $61.74 | ↑ +415% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $62.17 | ↑ +419% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $66.88 | ↑ +458% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $11.98 | $11.98 – $54.90 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $11.98 | $9.28 – $53.80 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $11.98 | $11.98 – $54.90 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $11.98 | $11.98 – $56.38 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $11.98 | $9.58 – $54.90 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $11.98 | $10.23 – $54.90 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $11.98 | $11.98 – $54.90 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $11.98 | $7.18 – $54.90 |