Red blood cells leukocytes reduced cmv negative irradiated each unit 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

$243.56

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.

$2,001.00

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.

$243.56 with WELLCARE vs $4,793.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $243.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $243.56 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $243.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $255.74 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $265.48 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $292.27 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $359.00 ↑ +47%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $360.18 ↑ +48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $370.19 ↑ +52%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $410.21 ↑ +68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,178.59 ↑ +384%
HORIZON PIP $1,302.65 ↑ +435%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,344.47 ↑ +452%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,444.92 ↑ +493%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,500.75 ↑ +516%
AETNA ASA $1,566.78 ↑ +543%
CIGNA BH $1,600.80 ↑ +557%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,700.85 ↑ +598%
HORIZON SHP $1,717.66 ↑ +605%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,737.67 ↑ +613%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,780.89 ↑ +631%
HORIZON HMO $1,782.09 ↑ +632%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,800.90 ↑ +639%
AETNA HMO $1,801.30 ↑ +640%
AETNA PPO $1,801.30 ↑ +640%
QUALCARE PPO $1,816.91 ↑ +646%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,816.91 ↑ +646%
QUALCARE HMO $1,816.91 ↑ +646%
HORIZON PPO $1,829.31 ↑ +651%
CIGNA PPO $1,913.56 ↑ +686%
CIGNA HMO $1,913.56 ↑ +686%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,968.18 ↑ +708%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,793.00 ↑ +1868%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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