Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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

$140.87

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$220.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $10,149.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.01 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.60 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $40.70 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $45.10 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $129.58 ↓ -8%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $139.44 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $140.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $143.22 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.92 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.55 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $156.40 ↑ +11%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $165.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $169.05 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $170.90 ↑ +21%
AETNA ASA $172.26 ↑ +22%
CIGNA BH $176.00 ↑ +25%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $187.00 ↑ +33%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $191.05 ↑ +36%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $198.00 ↑ +41%
AETNA HMO $198.04 ↑ +41%
AETNA PPO $198.04 ↑ +41%
QUALCARE HMO $199.76 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE PPO $199.76 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $199.76 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $216.39 ↑ +54%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,368.00 ↑ +4420%
HORIZON SHP $7,264.00 ↑ +5057%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,867.00 ↑ +5485%
HORIZON HMO $7,869.00 ↑ +5486%
HORIZON PPO $8,077.00 ↑ +5634%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +7105%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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