Partial removal of eye fluid 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

$2,492.56

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.

$4,830.00

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.

$869.40 with CLOVER vs $10,216.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $869.40 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $893.55 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $990.15 ↓ -60%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.74 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -52%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -33%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,492.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,492.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,492.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,492.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,617.19 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,716.89 ↑ +9%
QUALCARE HMO $2,744.00 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,991.08 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $3,144.33 ↑ +26%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,245.28 ↑ +30%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,487.74 ↑ +40%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,622.50 ↑ +45%
AETNA ASA $3,781.89 ↑ +52%
CIGNA BH $3,864.00 ↑ +55%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,105.50 ↑ +65%
HORIZON SHP $4,146.07 ↑ +66%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,194.37 ↑ +68%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,298.70 ↑ +72%
HORIZON HMO $4,301.60 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,385.64 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE PPO $4,385.64 ↑ +76%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↑ +77%
HORIZON PPO $4,415.59 ↑ +77%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,750.79 ↑ +91%
CIGNA PPO $4,941.00 ↑ +98%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +231%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +276%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +276%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +299%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +310%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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