Pr hospital ip/obs care initial high level per day 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

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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.

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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.

$110.00 with HORIZON vs $282.61 with KARNA — 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 $110.00
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $222.59
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.61

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Pr hospital ip/obs care initial high level per day at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $291.00 $300.82 – $300.82
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $800.95 – $8,116.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $8,203.00 – $8,203.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $7,757.00 – $7,757.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $4,982.00 – $4,982.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $92.59 – $6,387.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $116.40 – $5,761.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $7,121.00 – $7,121.00

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