Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$32.56

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.

$83.00

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.

$8.12 with HORIZON vs $527.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
HORIZON BH $8.12 ↓ -75%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.94 ↓ -54%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $15.36 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.02 ↓ -48%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.23 ↓ -41%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $32.56 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $32.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.18 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.49 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $39.07 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $48.89 ↑ +50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $52.61 ↑ +62%
HORIZON PIP $54.03 ↑ +66%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $55.77 ↑ +71%
HORIZON OMNIA $59.93 ↑ +84%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $62.25 ↑ +91%
AETNA ASA $64.99 ↑ +100%
CIGNA BH $66.40 ↑ +104%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $70.55 ↑ +117%
HORIZON SHP $71.25 ↑ +119%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $73.87 ↑ +127%
HORIZON HMO $73.92 ↑ +127%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $74.70 ↑ +129%
AETNA HMO $74.72 ↑ +129%
AETNA PPO $74.72 ↑ +129%
QUALCARE HMO $75.36 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $75.36 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE PPO $75.36 ↑ +131%
HORIZON PPO $75.88 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HMO $79.37 ↑ +144%
CIGNA PPO $79.37 ↑ +144%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $235.00 ↑ +622%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $237.00 ↑ +628%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +1328%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +1519%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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