Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$230.26

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.

$715.00

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.

$25.30 with HORIZON vs $1,421.00 with OXFORD — 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
HORIZON BH $25.30 ↓ -89%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.44 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.70 ↓ -44%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $132.28 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $146.58 ↓ -36%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $230.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $230.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.77 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.98 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $276.31 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $421.14 ↑ +83%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $453.17 ↑ +97%
HORIZON PIP $465.47 ↑ +102%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $480.41 ↑ +109%
HORIZON OMNIA $516.30 ↑ +124%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $536.25 ↑ +133%
AETNA ASA $559.85 ↑ +143%
CIGNA BH $572.00 ↑ +148%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $607.75 ↑ +164%
HORIZON SHP $613.76 ↑ +167%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $620.91 ↑ +170%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $636.35 ↑ +176%
HORIZON HMO $636.78 ↑ +177%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $643.50 ↑ +179%
AETNA HMO $643.64 ↑ +180%
AETNA PPO $643.64 ↑ +180%
QUALCARE PPO $649.22 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $649.22 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE HMO $649.22 ↑ +182%
HORIZON PPO $653.65 ↑ +184%
CIGNA HMO $683.75 ↑ +197%
CIGNA PPO $683.75 ↑ +197%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $703.27 ↑ +205%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $877.00 ↑ +281%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,421.00 ↑ +517%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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