Keratoprosthesis 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

$15,616.50

Cash price

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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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$17,047.00

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.

$2,379.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $23,291.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -85%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,651.00 ↓ -83%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,890.18 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,068.46 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,153.70 ↓ -80%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,494.64 ↓ -78%
QUALCARE HMO $4,391.00 ↓ -72%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↓ -49%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↓ -44%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↓ -44%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↓ -43%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↓ -40%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↓ -40%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -36%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↓ -35%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↓ -35%
HORIZON PIP $11,097.60 ↓ -29%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $11,453.88 ↓ -27%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $12,785.25 ↓ -18%
AETNA ASA $13,347.80 ↓ -15%
CIGNA BH $13,637.60 ↓ -13%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $13,972.00 ↓ -11%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $14,489.95 ↓ -7%
CIGNA HMO $15,323.55 ↓ -2%
CIGNA PPO $15,323.55 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,616.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,616.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15,616.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15,616.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $15,795.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16,397.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17,021.99 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,565.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $18,739.80 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,291.00 ↑ +49%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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