Intracranial limited study 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

$116.22

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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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$583.00

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.

$104.94 with CLOVER vs $1,263.00 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
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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 $104.94 ↓ -10%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $107.86 ↓ -7%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $116.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $116.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $119.52 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.68 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $272.89 ↑ +135%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $343.39 ↑ +195%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $369.51 ↑ +218%
HORIZON PIP $379.53 ↑ +227%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $391.72 ↑ +237%
HORIZON OMNIA $420.98 ↑ +262%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $437.25 ↑ +276%
AETNA ASA $456.49 ↑ +293%
CIGNA BH $466.40 ↑ +301%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $495.55 ↑ +326%
HORIZON SHP $500.45 ↑ +331%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $506.28 ↑ +336%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $518.87 ↑ +346%
HORIZON HMO $519.22 ↑ +347%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $524.70 ↑ +351%
AETNA HMO $524.82 ↑ +352%
AETNA PPO $524.82 ↑ +352%
QUALCARE PPO $529.36 ↑ +355%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $529.36 ↑ +355%
QUALCARE HMO $529.36 ↑ +355%
HORIZON PPO $532.98 ↑ +359%
CIGNA HMO $557.52 ↑ +380%
CIGNA PPO $557.52 ↑ +380%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $573.44 ↑ +393%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,114.00 ↑ +859%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,263.00 ↑ +987%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Intracranial limited study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $133.92 $119.31 – $704.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $156.37 $116.22 – $704.76
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $158.12 $119.31 – $704.76
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $131.64 $70.43 – $704.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $156.68 $88.55 – $704.76
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $1,207.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $100.19 – $4,324.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $106.34 – $1,179.00

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