Pyruvate 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

$14.48

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.

$109.00

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.

$8.70 with AETNA vs $66.35 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $8.70 ↓ -40%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.48 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.48 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.20 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.78 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $17.38 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.86 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $23.83 ↑ +65%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $25.43 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29.72 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $29.79 ↑ +106%
HORIZON PIP $30.60 ↑ +111%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $31.58 ↑ +118%
HORIZON OMNIA $33.94 ↑ +134%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $35.25 ↑ +143%
AETNA ASA $36.80 ↑ +154%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $37.60 ↑ +160%
CIGNA BH $37.60 ↑ +160%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $39.95 ↑ +176%
AETNA PPO $40.04 ↑ +177%
AETNA HMO $40.04 ↑ +177%
HORIZON SHP $40.34 ↑ +179%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $40.81 ↑ +182%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $41.83 ↑ +189%
HORIZON HMO $41.86 ↑ +189%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $42.68 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE PPO $42.68 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE HMO $42.68 ↑ +195%
HORIZON PPO $42.97 ↑ +197%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $46.23 ↑ +219%
CIGNA PPO $66.35 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $66.35 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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