Neurolysis celiac plexus 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

$972.98

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.

$3,919.00

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.

$329.97 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $329.97 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $705.42 ↓ -27%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $725.02 ↓ -25%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $803.40 ↓ -17%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $972.98 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $972.98 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $972.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $972.98 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,021.63 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,060.55 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,167.58 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,188.00 ↑ +22%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↑ +104%
HORIZON PIP $2,551.27 ↑ +162%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,633.18 ↑ +171%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,829.91 ↑ +191%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,939.25 ↑ +202%
AETNA ASA $3,068.58 ↑ +215%
CIGNA HMO $3,133.00 ↑ +222%
CIGNA BH $3,135.20 ↑ +222%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,331.15 ↑ +242%
HORIZON SHP $3,364.07 ↑ +246%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,403.26 ↑ +250%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,487.91 ↑ +258%
HORIZON HMO $3,490.26 ↑ +259%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↑ +261%
QUALCARE PPO $3,558.45 ↑ +266%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,558.45 ↑ +266%
HORIZON PPO $3,582.75 ↑ +268%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,854.73 ↑ +296%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,125.00 ↑ +324%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,986.00 ↑ +412%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +864%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +864%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +921%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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