Ph body fluid at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$3.58
Cash price 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.
$95.00
Gross charge 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.
$1.85 with AETNA vs $16.40 with CIGNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.85 | ↓ -48% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.58 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.58 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.58 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.58 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.58 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.58 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.76 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.90 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4.30 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.66 | ↑ +30% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.41 | ↑ +51% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.34 | ↑ +77% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6.51 | ↑ +82% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6.72 | ↑ +88% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $7.22 | ↑ +102% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7.35 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.50 | ↑ +109% |
| AETNA | ASA | $7.83 | ↑ +119% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.86 | ↑ +120% |
| CIGNA | BH | $8.00 | ↑ +123% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.00 | ↑ +123% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.50 | ↑ +137% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8.52 | ↑ +138% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8.52 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $8.58 | ↑ +140% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8.68 | ↑ +142% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8.90 | ↑ +149% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8.91 | ↑ +149% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $9.08 | ↑ +154% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $9.08 | ↑ +154% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $9.08 | ↑ +154% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $9.14 | ↑ +155% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $9.84 | ↑ +175% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $16.40 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $16.40 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Ph body fluid at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $28.50 | $2.86 – $2.95 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $3.94 | $1.68 – $14.69 |