Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) 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

$116.22

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.

$2,805.00

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.

$116.22 with WELLCARE vs $2,564.33 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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $116.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $116.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.68 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $249.60 ↑ +115%
CIGNA HMO $254.78 ↑ +119%
CIGNA PPO $254.78 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $265.07 ↑ +128%
AETNA HMO $284.37 ↑ +145%
AETNA PPO $284.37 ↑ +145%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $504.90 ↑ +334%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $518.93 ↑ +347%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $541.03 ↑ +366%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $550.39 ↑ +374%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $575.03 ↑ +395%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +514%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,517.51 ↑ +1206%
HORIZON PIP $1,826.06 ↑ +1471%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,884.68 ↑ +1522%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,935.45 ↑ +1565%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,025.49 ↑ +1643%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,103.75 ↑ +1710%
AETNA ASA $2,196.32 ↑ +1790%
CIGNA BH $2,244.00 ↑ +1831%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,384.25 ↑ +1951%
HORIZON SHP $2,407.81 ↑ +1972%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,496.45 ↑ +2048%
HORIZON HMO $2,498.13 ↑ +2049%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,546.94 ↑ +2091%
QUALCARE PPO $2,546.94 ↑ +2091%
QUALCARE HMO $2,546.94 ↑ +2091%
HORIZON PPO $2,564.33 ↑ +2106%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $379.15 $70.61 – $513.22
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $428.03 $119.31 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $418.94 $116.22 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $401.77 $119.31 – $726.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $820.50 $143.64 – $143.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $420.76 $72.69 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $419.75 $91.38 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $441.97 $117.70 – $726.00

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