Intraoral periapical first 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

$96.23

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.

$120.00

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.

$21.60 with CLOVER vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.60 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $22.20 ↓ -77%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $24.60 ↓ -74%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.30 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $70.68 ↓ -27%
HORIZON PIP $78.12 ↓ -19%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $80.63 ↓ -16%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $85.31 ↓ -11%
HORIZON OMNIA $86.65 ↓ -10%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $90.00 ↓ -6%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $93.22 ↓ -3%
AETNA ASA $93.96 ↓ -2%
CIGNA BH $96.00 ↓ -0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $96.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $96.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $102.00 ↑ +6%
HORIZON SHP $103.01 ↑ +7%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $104.21 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $106.80 ↑ +11%
HORIZON HMO $106.87 ↑ +11%
QUALCARE HMO $108.96 ↑ +13%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $108.96 ↑ +13%
QUALCARE PPO $108.96 ↑ +13%
HORIZON PPO $109.70 ↑ +14%
CIGNA HMO $114.76 ↑ +19%
CIGNA PPO $114.76 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $118.03 ↑ +23%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↑ +838%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +9651%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +9651%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +10222%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Intraoral periapical first at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $44.21 – $97.54
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $43.30 – $116.95
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $44.21 – $113.03
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $44.21 – $117.05
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $43.30 – $116.95
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $3.83 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $98.79 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $96.23 – $191.50

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