MRI orbit/face/neck without contrast 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

$264.17

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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$3,520.00

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.

$264.17 with WELLCARE vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — same scan, same building. Share

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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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $264.17 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $264.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $317.01 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $427.86 ↑ +62%
CIGNA HMO $532.57 ↑ +102%
CIGNA PPO $532.57 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $559.79 ↑ +112%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.60 ↑ +140%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $651.20 ↑ +147%
AETNA HMO $697.30 ↑ +164%
AETNA PPO $697.30 ↑ +164%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $721.60 ↑ +173%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $944.81 ↑ +258%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +260%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $961.16 ↑ +264%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,904.32 ↑ +621%
HORIZON PIP $2,291.52 ↑ +767%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,365.09 ↑ +795%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,428.80 ↑ +819%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,541.79 ↑ +862%
AETNA ASA $2,756.16 ↑ +943%
CIGNA BH $2,816.00 ↑ +966%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,992.00 ↑ +1033%
HORIZON SHP $3,021.57 ↑ +1044%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,132.80 ↑ +1086%
HORIZON HMO $3,134.91 ↑ +1087%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,196.16 ↑ +1110%
QUALCARE PPO $3,196.16 ↑ +1110%
QUALCARE HMO $3,196.16 ↑ +1110%
HORIZON PPO $3,217.98 ↑ +1118%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +1540%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $617.72 $121.05 – $896.25
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $724.06 $271.19 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $682.55 $264.17 – $2,072.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $605.84 $271.19 – $2,072.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $711.76 $124.61 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $683.86 $156.66 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $720.07 $267.55 – $2,072.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $4,332.00

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