Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$1,697.72

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.

$6,188.00

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.

$140.38 with KARNA vs $11,920.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $140.38 ↓ -92%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,113.84 ↓ -34%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,144.78 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -30%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,268.54 ↓ -25%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,697.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,697.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,697.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,697.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,782.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,850.52 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,037.27 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,941.00 ↑ +73%
HORIZON PIP $4,028.39 ↑ +137%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,125.00 ↑ +143%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,157.72 ↑ +145%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,468.35 ↑ +163%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,641.00 ↑ +173%
AETNA ASA $4,845.20 ↑ +185%
CIGNA BH $4,950.40 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,986.00 ↑ +194%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,259.80 ↑ +210%
HORIZON SHP $5,311.78 ↑ +213%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,373.66 ↑ +217%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,507.32 ↑ +224%
HORIZON HMO $5,511.03 ↑ +225%
QUALCARE PPO $5,618.70 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,618.70 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE HMO $5,618.70 ↑ +231%
HORIZON PPO $5,657.07 ↑ +233%
CIGNA PPO $5,917.58 ↑ +249%
CIGNA HMO $5,917.58 ↑ +249%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,086.52 ↑ +259%
AETNA PPO $9,960.00 ↑ +487%
AETNA HMO $9,960.00 ↑ +487%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,920.00 ↑ +602%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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