Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$588.26

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.

$2,420.00

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.

$334.54 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,212.36 with HORIZON — 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 $334.54 ↓ -43%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $352.07 ↓ -40%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $358.16 ↓ -39%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $396.41 ↓ -33%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $435.60 ↓ -26%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $447.70 ↓ -24%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $496.10 ↓ -16%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $588.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $588.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
AETNA PPO $605.10 ↑ +3%
AETNA HMO $605.10 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $617.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $641.21 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $677.16 ↑ +15%
CIGNA HMO $677.16 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $705.92 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,309.22 ↑ +123%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,325.05 ↑ +125%
HORIZON PIP $1,575.42 ↑ +168%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,626.00 ↑ +176%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,747.48 ↑ +197%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,815.00 ↑ +209%
AETNA ASA $1,894.86 ↑ +222%
CIGNA BH $1,936.00 ↑ +229%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,057.00 ↑ +250%
HORIZON SHP $2,077.33 ↑ +253%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,153.80 ↑ +266%
HORIZON HMO $2,155.25 ↑ +266%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,178.00 ↑ +270%
QUALCARE PPO $2,197.36 ↑ +274%
QUALCARE HMO $2,197.36 ↑ +274%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,197.36 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PPO $2,212.36 ↑ +276%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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