Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd 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

$35,039.46

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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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$54,753.00

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.

$1,134.26 with KARNA vs $137,045.00 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 $1,134.26 ↓ -97%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -93%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↓ -80%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↓ -77%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↓ -75%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↓ -75%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↓ -74%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↓ -73%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,855.54 ↓ -72%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $10,129.31 ↓ -71%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↓ -71%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11,224.37 ↓ -68%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $13,972.00 ↓ -60%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,603.00 ↓ -55%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $15,795.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35,039.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35,039.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35,039.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35,039.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $35,644.20 ↑ +2%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $36,788.54 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36,791.43 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38,193.01 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $42,047.35 ↑ +20%
AETNA ASA $42,871.60 ↑ +22%
CIGNA BH $43,802.40 ↑ +25%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $46,540.05 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $49,217.47 ↑ +40%
CIGNA PPO $49,217.47 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE HMO $49,715.72 ↑ +42%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $134,152.00 ↑ +283%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $137,045.00 ↑ +291%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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