Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b 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

$42.84

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.

$385.00

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.

$42.84 with CLOVER vs $378.69 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.

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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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.98 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.70 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $51.41 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.80 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $71.23 ↑ +66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $87.93 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $87.93 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $94.02 ↑ +119%
CIGNA HMO $196.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $196.31 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $244.01 ↑ +470%
HORIZON PIP $250.64 ↑ +485%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $258.68 ↑ +504%
HORIZON OMNIA $278.01 ↑ +549%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.75 ↑ +574%
AETNA ASA $301.46 ↑ +604%
CIGNA BH $308.00 ↑ +619%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $308.00 ↑ +619%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +664%
AETNA HMO $328.02 ↑ +666%
AETNA PPO $328.02 ↑ +666%
HORIZON SHP $330.48 ↑ +671%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $334.33 ↑ +680%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $342.65 ↑ +700%
HORIZON HMO $342.88 ↑ +700%
QUALCARE HMO $349.58 ↑ +716%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $349.58 ↑ +716%
QUALCARE PPO $349.58 ↑ +716%
HORIZON PPO $351.97 ↑ +722%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $378.69 ↑ +784%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $154.00 $55.83 – $55.83
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