Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$863.44
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.
$2,709.00
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.
$186.94 with AETNA vs $2,664.57 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 |
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| AETNA | HMO | $186.94 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | PPO | $186.94 | ↓ -78% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $279.09 | ↓ -68% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $299.87 | ↓ -65% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $299.87 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $457.48 | ↓ -47% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $487.62 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $501.17 | ↓ -42% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $555.35 | ↓ -36% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $863.44 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $863.44 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $863.44 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $863.44 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $906.61 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $941.15 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,036.13 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,465.57 | ↑ +70% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,763.56 | ↑ +104% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,820.18 | ↑ +111% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,936.35 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,956.17 | ↑ +127% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,031.75 | ↑ +135% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,121.15 | ↑ +146% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,167.20 | ↑ +151% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,167.20 | ↑ +151% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,302.65 | ↑ +167% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,325.41 | ↑ +169% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,352.50 | ↑ +172% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,411.01 | ↑ +179% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,412.64 | ↑ +179% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,459.77 | ↑ +185% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,459.77 | ↑ +185% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,459.77 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,476.57 | ↑ +187% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,664.57 | ↑ +209% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $520.49 | $78.96 – $1,726.88 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $587.59 | $137.76 – $1,772.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $575.12 | $137.76 – $1,718.25 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $577.61 | $81.28 – $1,772.76 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $606.73 | $137.76 – $1,740.24 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $168.50 – $1,936.35 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $930.42 | $124.88 – $2,211.69 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $863.44 | $168.50 – $863.44 |