Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$3,856.84

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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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$7,249.00

Gross charge

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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.

$410.44 with KARNA vs $14,007.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $410.44 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,304.82 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,341.07 ↓ -65%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,486.05 ↓ -61%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -56%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,856.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,049.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,203.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,628.21 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,719.10 ↑ +22%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,870.60 ↑ +26%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,234.50 ↑ +36%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,436.75 ↑ +41%
AETNA ASA $5,675.97 ↑ +47%
CIGNA BH $5,799.20 ↑ +50%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,161.65 ↑ +60%
HORIZON SHP $6,222.54 ↑ +61%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,295.03 ↑ +63%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,451.61 ↑ +67%
HORIZON HMO $6,455.96 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HMO $6,516.13 ↑ +69%
CIGNA PPO $6,516.13 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE PPO $6,582.09 ↑ +71%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,582.09 ↑ +71%
HORIZON PPO $6,627.04 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,130.12 ↑ +85%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +143%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +143%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +158%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +263%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $3,959.32 – $7,918.64
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,156.03 $421.26 – $4,363.83

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