Nerve conduction studies 1-2 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

$170.99

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$347.00

Gross charge

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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.

$62.46 with CLOVER vs $1,522.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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

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

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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.46 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $64.20 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $71.14 ↓ -58%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.40 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $170.99 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $170.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.54 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $186.38 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $204.38 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $205.19 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $219.93 ↑ +29%
HORIZON PIP $225.90 ↑ +32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $233.15 ↑ +36%
HORIZON OMNIA $250.57 ↑ +47%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $260.25 ↑ +52%
AETNA ASA $271.70 ↑ +59%
CIGNA BH $277.60 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $294.95 ↑ +72%
HORIZON SHP $297.86 ↑ +74%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $301.33 ↑ +76%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $308.83 ↑ +81%
HORIZON HMO $309.04 ↑ +81%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $312.30 ↑ +83%
AETNA HMO $312.37 ↑ +83%
AETNA PPO $312.37 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE PPO $315.08 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $315.08 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE HMO $315.08 ↑ +84%
HORIZON PPO $317.23 ↑ +86%
CIGNA HMO $331.84 ↑ +94%
CIGNA PPO $331.84 ↑ +94%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $341.31 ↑ +100%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,041.00 ↑ +509%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,522.00 ↑ +790%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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