Interrog device eval heart 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

$40.75

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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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$111.00

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.

$19.98 with CLOVER vs $1,979.00 with HORIZON — 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
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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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.98 ↓ -51%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $20.54 ↓ -50%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $22.76 ↓ -44%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $40.75 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $40.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.79 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.42 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $48.90 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.38 ↑ +60%
HORIZON PIP $72.26 ↑ +77%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $74.58 ↑ +83%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $78.91 ↑ +94%
HORIZON OMNIA $80.15 ↑ +97%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $83.25 ↑ +104%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $86.22 ↑ +112%
AETNA ASA $86.91 ↑ +113%
CIGNA BH $88.80 ↑ +118%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $94.35 ↑ +132%
HORIZON SHP $95.28 ↑ +134%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $96.39 ↑ +137%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $98.79 ↑ +142%
HORIZON HMO $98.86 ↑ +143%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $99.90 ↑ +145%
AETNA HMO $99.92 ↑ +145%
AETNA PPO $99.92 ↑ +145%
QUALCARE PPO $100.79 ↑ +147%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $100.79 ↑ +147%
QUALCARE HMO $100.79 ↑ +147%
HORIZON PPO $101.48 ↑ +149%
CIGNA HMO $106.15 ↑ +160%
CIGNA PPO $106.15 ↑ +160%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $109.18 ↑ +168%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $120.71 ↑ +196%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,979.00 ↑ +4756%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Interrog device eval heart at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $40.26 $41.84 – $83.68
Community Medical Center Toms River $47.07 $40.75 – $81.09
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $39.57 $38.03 – $83.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $41.27 $41.27 – $49.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $43.91 $35.13 – $126.14
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $40.75 $37.29 – $120.71
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $41.31 $37.29 – $126.14
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $41.27 $41.27 – $120.71

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