Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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

$142.63

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.

$157.00

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.

$29.05 with AETNA vs $653.58 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 $29.05 ↓ -80%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $84.94 ↓ -40%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $99.51 ↓ -30%
HORIZON PIP $102.21 ↓ -28%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $105.49 ↓ -26%
HORIZON OMNIA $113.37 ↓ -21%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $117.75 ↓ -17%
AETNA ASA $122.93 ↓ -14%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $125.60 ↓ -12%
CIGNA BH $125.60 ↓ -12%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $133.45 ↓ -6%
AETNA PPO $133.76 ↓ -6%
AETNA HMO $133.76 ↓ -6%
HORIZON SHP $134.77 ↓ -6%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $136.34 ↓ -4%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $139.73 ↓ -2%
HORIZON HMO $139.82 ↓ -2%
QUALCARE PPO $142.56 ↓ -0%
QUALCARE HMO $142.56 ↓ -0%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $142.56 ↓ -0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $142.63 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $142.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PPO $143.53 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.76 ↑ +5%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $154.43 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.47 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.16 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.78 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $277.03 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $292.75 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $653.58 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $653.58 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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