Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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

$217.16

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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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$589.00

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.

$28.81 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.81 ↓ -87%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.02 ↓ -51%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $108.97 ↓ -50%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $120.75 ↓ -44%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $217.16 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $217.16 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $217.16 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $217.16 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $228.01 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $236.70 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $260.59 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $346.92 ↑ +60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $373.31 ↑ +72%
HORIZON PIP $383.44 ↑ +77%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $418.72 ↑ +93%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $441.75 ↑ +103%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $457.54 ↑ +111%
AETNA ASA $461.19 ↑ +112%
CIGNA BH $471.20 ↑ +117%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $500.65 ↑ +131%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $511.49 ↑ +136%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $530.10 ↑ +144%
AETNA HMO $530.22 ↑ +144%
AETNA PPO $530.22 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE HMO $534.81 ↑ +146%
QUALCARE PPO $534.81 ↑ +146%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $534.81 ↑ +146%
CIGNA HMO $563.26 ↑ +159%
CIGNA PPO $563.26 ↑ +159%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $579.34 ↑ +167%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,368.00 ↑ +2832%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +3245%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +3523%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +3524%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +3619%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +4574%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $148.96 $64.45 – $445.86
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $234.00 $29.65 – $245.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $217.16 $28.81 – $260.59

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