Oropharyngeal biopsy 42800 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

$1,618.86

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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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$7,186.00

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.

$246.73 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 $246.73 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -27%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,293.48 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,329.41 ↓ -18%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,473.13 ↓ -9%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↓ -6%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,618.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,699.80 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,764.56 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,942.63 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,125.00 ↑ +155%
HORIZON PIP $4,678.09 ↑ +189%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,828.27 ↑ +198%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,986.00 ↑ +208%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,189.01 ↑ +221%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,389.50 ↑ +233%
AETNA ASA $5,626.64 ↑ +248%
CIGNA BH $5,748.80 ↑ +255%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,108.10 ↑ +277%
HORIZON SHP $6,168.46 ↑ +281%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,240.32 ↑ +285%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,395.54 ↑ +295%
HORIZON HMO $6,399.85 ↑ +295%
CIGNA PPO $6,459.50 ↑ +299%
CIGNA HMO $6,459.50 ↑ +299%
QUALCARE PPO $6,524.89 ↑ +303%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,524.89 ↑ +303%
HORIZON PPO $6,569.44 ↑ +306%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,068.15 ↑ +337%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +480%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +480%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +514%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $82.64 – $3,237.72
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $41.83 – $3,323.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $42.84 – $3,221.53
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $45.36 – $3,471.44
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $82.66 – $3,262.74
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