PSA (Prostate) Test 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

$18.39

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.

$328.00

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.

$18.39 with VACCN vs $322.62 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.39 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.39 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.39 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.05 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $22.07 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.95 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $37.75 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $40.37 ↑ +120%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $60.68 ↑ +230%
CIGNA HMO $84.27 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $84.27 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $177.45 ↑ +865%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $207.89 ↑ +1030%
HORIZON PIP $213.53 ↑ +1061%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $220.38 ↑ +1098%
HORIZON OMNIA $236.85 ↑ +1188%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $246.00 ↑ +1238%
AETNA ASA $256.82 ↑ +1297%
CIGNA BH $262.40 ↑ +1327%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $262.40 ↑ +1327%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1416%
AETNA HMO $279.46 ↑ +1420%
AETNA PPO $279.46 ↑ +1420%
HORIZON SHP $281.56 ↑ +1431%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $284.84 ↑ +1449%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $291.92 ↑ +1487%
HORIZON HMO $292.12 ↑ +1488%
QUALCARE HMO $297.82 ↑ +1519%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $297.82 ↑ +1519%
QUALCARE PPO $297.82 ↑ +1519%
HORIZON PPO $299.86 ↑ +1531%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $322.62 ↑ +1654%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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