Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket 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

$33,303.98

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.

$34,689.00

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.

$709.07 with KARNA vs $39,964.77 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 $709.07 ↓ -98%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,188.00 ↓ -96%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HMO $3,133.00 ↓ -91%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↓ -89%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,244.02 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6,417.47 ↓ -81%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↓ -79%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7,111.25 ↓ -79%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↓ -76%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↓ -74%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↓ -74%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↓ -73%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↓ -72%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↓ -72%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -70%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↓ -69%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↓ -69%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $13,972.00 ↓ -58%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,603.00 ↓ -53%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $15,795.00 ↓ -53%
HORIZON PIP $22,582.54 ↓ -32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $23,307.54 ↓ -30%
AETNA ASA $27,161.49 ↓ -18%
CIGNA BH $27,751.20 ↓ -17%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $28,880.00 ↓ -13%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $29,485.65 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33,303.98 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33,303.98 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $33,303.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33,303.98 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34,969.18 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36,301.33 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36,366.00 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $39,964.77 ↑ +20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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