Kidney endoscopy 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

$5,555.79

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.

$7,798.00

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.

$633.97 with KARNA vs $10,216.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.97 ↓ -89%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,403.64 ↓ -75%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,442.63 ↓ -74%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↓ -73%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,598.59 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↓ -60%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON PIP $5,076.50 ↓ -9%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,239.48 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,555.79 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,555.79 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,555.79 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,555.79 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,630.94 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,833.58 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,848.50 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,055.81 ↑ +9%
AETNA ASA $6,105.83 ↑ +10%
CIGNA BH $6,238.40 ↑ +12%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,628.30 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6,666.94 ↑ +20%
HORIZON SHP $6,693.80 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,771.78 ↑ +22%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,940.22 ↑ +25%
HORIZON HMO $6,944.90 ↑ +25%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,080.58 ↑ +27%
QUALCARE PPO $7,080.58 ↑ +27%
HORIZON PPO $7,128.93 ↑ +28%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,670.11 ↑ +38%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +49%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +69%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +69%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +84%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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