Muscle transfers 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

$7,807.24

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.

$14,389.00

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.

$2,379.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $19,696.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -70%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,379.42 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,590.02 ↓ -67%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,651.00 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,661.97 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,949.75 ↓ -62%
QUALCARE HMO $4,391.00 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HMO $6,724.00 ↓ -14%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↓ -10%
CIGNA PPO $7,532.00 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,807.24 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,807.24 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,807.24 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,807.24 ↑ +0%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,197.60 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,509.89 ↑ +9%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↑ +11%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↑ +14%
HORIZON PIP $9,367.24 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9,368.69 ↑ +20%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $9,667.97 ↑ +24%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +27%
QUALCARE PPO $10,197.00 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,197.00 ↑ +31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $10,791.75 ↑ +38%
AETNA ASA $11,266.59 ↑ +44%
CIGNA BH $11,511.20 ↑ +47%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $12,230.65 ↑ +57%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $12,495.41 ↑ +60%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $14,153.02 ↑ +81%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,728.00 ↑ +101%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,696.00 ↑ +152%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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