Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext 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

$1,999.13

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.

$2,860.00

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.

$449.06 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $449.06 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $514.80 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $529.10 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $586.30 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -41%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↓ -24%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -16%
HORIZON PIP $1,861.86 ↓ -7%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,921.63 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,999.13 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,999.13 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,999.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,999.13 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,065.21 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,099.09 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,145.00 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,179.05 ↑ +9%
AETNA ASA $2,239.38 ↑ +12%
CIGNA BH $2,288.00 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,398.95 ↑ +20%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,431.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON SHP $2,455.02 ↑ +23%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,483.62 ↑ +24%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,545.40 ↑ +27%
HORIZON HMO $2,547.12 ↑ +27%
QUALCARE PPO $2,596.88 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,596.88 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PPO $2,614.61 ↑ +31%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,813.10 ↑ +41%
CIGNA HMO $3,133.00 ↑ +57%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↑ +75%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↑ +210%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +280%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +369%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +369%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +397%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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