Platelet pheresis each unit 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

$434.02

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.

$3,608.00

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.

$359.00 with OXFORD vs $4,793.00 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
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $359.00 ↓ -17%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $434.02 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $434.02 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $434.02 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $434.02 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $455.72 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.08 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $520.82 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $649.44 ↑ +50%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $667.48 ↑ +54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $739.64 ↑ +70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,125.11 ↑ +390%
HORIZON PIP $2,348.81 ↑ +441%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,424.22 ↑ +459%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,605.34 ↑ +500%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,706.00 ↑ +523%
AETNA ASA $2,825.06 ↑ +551%
CIGNA BH $2,886.40 ↑ +565%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,066.80 ↑ +607%
HORIZON SHP $3,097.11 ↑ +614%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,133.19 ↑ +622%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,211.12 ↑ +640%
HORIZON HMO $3,213.28 ↑ +640%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,247.20 ↑ +648%
AETNA HMO $3,247.92 ↑ +648%
AETNA PPO $3,247.92 ↑ +648%
QUALCARE PPO $3,276.06 ↑ +655%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,276.06 ↑ +655%
QUALCARE HMO $3,276.06 ↑ +655%
HORIZON PPO $3,298.43 ↑ +660%
CIGNA PPO $3,450.33 ↑ +695%
CIGNA HMO $3,450.33 ↑ +695%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,548.83 ↑ +718%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,793.00 ↑ +1004%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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