Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$588.26

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.

$2,310.00

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.

$383.89 with AMERIHEALTH vs $2,111.80 with HORIZON — 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
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $383.89 ↓ -35%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $390.53 ↓ -34%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.80 ↓ -29%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $427.35 ↓ -27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $473.55 ↓ -19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $506.49 ↓ -14%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $560.33 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $588.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $588.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $588.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $617.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $641.21 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $705.92 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $916.03 ↑ +56%
AETNA HMO $916.03 ↑ +56%
CIGNA PPO $1,026.44 ↑ +74%
CIGNA HMO $1,026.44 ↑ +74%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,249.71 ↑ +112%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,325.05 ↑ +125%
HORIZON PIP $1,503.81 ↑ +156%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,552.09 ↑ +164%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,668.05 ↑ +184%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,732.50 ↑ +195%
AETNA ASA $1,808.73 ↑ +207%
CIGNA BH $1,848.00 ↑ +214%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,963.50 ↑ +234%
HORIZON SHP $1,982.90 ↑ +237%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,055.90 ↑ +249%
HORIZON HMO $2,057.29 ↑ +250%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,079.00 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE PPO $2,097.48 ↑ +257%
QUALCARE HMO $2,097.48 ↑ +257%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,097.48 ↑ +257%
HORIZON PPO $2,111.80 ↑ +259%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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