Interrog evl pm/ldls pm ip 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

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.

$332.00

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.

$40.75 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $326.56 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $40.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $40.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.79 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.42 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $48.90 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.76 ↑ +47%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $61.42 ↑ +51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $68.06 ↑ +67%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.86 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $195.55 ↑ +380%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $210.42 ↑ +416%
HORIZON PIP $216.13 ↑ +430%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $223.07 ↑ +447%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $236.02 ↑ +479%
HORIZON OMNIA $239.74 ↑ +488%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $249.00 ↑ +511%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $257.90 ↑ +533%
AETNA ASA $259.96 ↑ +538%
CIGNA BH $265.60 ↑ +552%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $282.20 ↑ +593%
HORIZON SHP $284.99 ↑ +599%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $288.31 ↑ +608%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $295.48 ↑ +625%
HORIZON HMO $295.68 ↑ +626%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $298.80 ↑ +633%
AETNA HMO $298.87 ↑ +633%
AETNA PPO $298.87 ↑ +633%
QUALCARE HMO $301.46 ↑ +640%
QUALCARE PPO $301.46 ↑ +640%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $301.46 ↑ +640%
HORIZON PPO $303.51 ↑ +645%
CIGNA PPO $317.49 ↑ +679%
CIGNA HMO $317.49 ↑ +679%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $326.56 ↑ +701%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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