Mr spectroscopy at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$96.23
Cash price 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.
$2,056.00
Gross charge 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.
$96.23 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $104.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $115.47 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $196.79 | ↑ +104% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $370.08 | ↑ +285% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $380.36 | ↑ +295% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $421.48 | ↑ +338% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $944.81 | ↑ +882% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +888% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $961.16 | ↑ +899% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,047.36 | ↑ +988% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,112.30 | ↑ +1056% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,168.92 | ↑ +1115% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,168.92 | ↑ +1115% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,338.46 | ↑ +1291% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,381.43 | ↑ +1336% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,418.64 | ↑ +1374% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,484.64 | ↑ +1443% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,609.85 | ↑ +1573% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,644.80 | ↑ +1609% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,747.60 | ↑ +1716% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,764.87 | ↑ +1734% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,829.84 | ↑ +1802% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,831.07 | ↑ +1803% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,866.85 | ↑ +1840% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,866.85 | ↑ +1840% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,866.85 | ↑ +1840% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,879.60 | ↑ +1853% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,966.15 | ↑ +1943% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,966.15 | ↑ +1943% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +4402% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mr spectroscopy at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $588.25 | $96.23 – $896.25 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $425.28 | $98.79 – $2,072.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $649.99 | $96.23 – $2,072.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $418.05 | $98.79 – $2,072.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $685.71 | $97.46 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $97.46 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $82.95 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $88.05 – $4,332.00 |