Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$51.31

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.

$314.00

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.

$38.30 with AETNA vs $211.18 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $38.30 ↓ -25%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $51.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $51.31 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $51.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $51.31 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.93 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $61.57 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $66.83 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $80.64 ↑ +57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $105.31 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $111.99 ↑ +118%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $131.20 ↑ +156%
HORIZON PIP $134.76 ↑ +163%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $139.08 ↑ +171%
HORIZON OMNIA $149.47 ↑ +191%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $155.25 ↑ +203%
AETNA ASA $162.08 ↑ +216%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $165.60 ↑ +223%
CIGNA BH $165.60 ↑ +223%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $175.95 ↑ +243%
AETNA PPO $176.36 ↑ +244%
AETNA HMO $176.36 ↑ +244%
HORIZON SHP $177.69 ↑ +246%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $179.76 ↑ +250%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $184.23 ↑ +259%
HORIZON HMO $184.35 ↑ +259%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $187.96 ↑ +266%
QUALCARE PPO $187.96 ↑ +266%
QUALCARE HMO $187.96 ↑ +266%
HORIZON PPO $189.24 ↑ +269%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $203.61 ↑ +297%
CIGNA PPO $211.18 ↑ +312%
CIGNA HMO $211.18 ↑ +312%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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