Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads 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

$20,842.49

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.

$23,143.00

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.

$727.22 with KARNA vs $63,824.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $727.22 ↓ -97%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,165.74 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $4,281.46 ↓ -79%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,744.32 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13,631.23 ↓ -35%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $14,668.03 ↓ -30%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $14,811.52 ↓ -29%
HORIZON PIP $15,066.09 ↓ -28%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $15,549.78 ↓ -25%
HORIZON OMNIA $16,711.56 ↓ -20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $17,357.25 ↓ -17%
AETNA ASA $18,120.97 ↓ -13%
CIGNA BH $18,514.40 ↓ -11%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $19,671.55 ↓ -6%
HORIZON SHP $19,865.95 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $20,097.38 ↓ -4%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $20,597.27 ↓ -1%
HORIZON HMO $20,611.16 ↓ -1%
AETNA HMO $20,833.33 ↓ -0%
AETNA PPO $20,833.33 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,842.49 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,842.49 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $20,842.49 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20,842.49 ↑ +0%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $21,013.84 ↑ +1%
QUALCARE HMO $21,013.84 ↑ +1%
QUALCARE PPO $21,013.84 ↑ +1%
HORIZON PPO $21,157.33 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,884.61 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HMO $22,131.65 ↑ +6%
CIGNA PPO $22,131.65 ↑ +6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22,718.31 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $22,763.45 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $25,010.99 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $62,603.00 ↑ +200%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $63,824.00 ↑ +206%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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