Proph rta dtchmnt pc 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

$599.55

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.

$1,507.00

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.

$271.26 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $271.26 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $278.80 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $308.94 ↓ -48%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $449.08 ↓ -25%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $599.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $599.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $599.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $599.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $629.53 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $653.51 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $719.46 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $981.06 ↑ +64%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,012.55 ↑ +69%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,088.20 ↑ +82%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,130.25 ↑ +89%
AETNA ASA $1,179.98 ↑ +97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +98%
CIGNA BH $1,205.60 ↑ +101%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,280.95 ↑ +114%
HORIZON SHP $1,293.61 ↑ +116%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,308.68 ↑ +118%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,341.23 ↑ +124%
HORIZON HMO $1,342.13 ↑ +124%
QUALCARE PPO $1,368.36 ↑ +128%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,368.36 ↑ +128%
HORIZON PPO $1,377.70 ↑ +130%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,482.29 ↑ +147%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↑ +154%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↑ +180%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↑ +275%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +320%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,125.00 ↑ +588%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,986.00 ↑ +732%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +1465%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +1465%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1557%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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