Insitu hybridization (fish) 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

$187.28

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.

$1,139.00

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.

$71.04 with AETNA vs $597.81 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $71.04 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $78.72 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $160.62 ↓ -14%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $187.28 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $187.28 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.64 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.13 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $207.74 ↑ +11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $224.73 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $249.98 ↑ +33%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $258.01 ↑ +38%
HORIZON OMNIA $277.29 ↑ +48%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA ASA $300.67 ↑ +61%
CIGNA BH $307.20 ↑ +64%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $307.20 ↑ +64%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $326.40 ↑ +74%
AETNA HMO $327.17 ↑ +75%
AETNA PPO $327.17 ↑ +75%
HORIZON SHP $329.63 ↑ +76%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $333.47 ↑ +78%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $341.76 ↑ +82%
HORIZON HMO $341.99 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE HMO $348.67 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE PPO $348.67 ↑ +86%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $348.67 ↑ +86%
HORIZON PPO $351.05 ↑ +87%
CIGNA PPO $367.22 ↑ +96%
CIGNA HMO $367.22 ↑ +96%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $377.70 ↑ +102%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $500.92 ↑ +167%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $572.32 ↑ +206%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $597.81 ↑ +219%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $189.67 $160.62 – $597.81
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $201.80 $97.33 – $672.67
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $187.28 $160.62 – $500.92
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $189.84 $171.36 – $634.95
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $189.67 $160.62 – $650.97
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $201.80 $107.37 – $1,228.50
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $189.84 $160.62 – $597.81
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $189.67 $160.62 – $597.81

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