Release encircling material 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

$4,396.50

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.

$10,500.00

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.

$1,032.72 with KARNA vs $10,327.80 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,032.72 ↓ -77%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,188.00 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,890.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,942.50 ↓ -56%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,152.50 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HMO $3,133.00 ↓ -29%
CIGNA PPO $3,508.00 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,396.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,396.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,396.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,396.50 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,616.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,792.19 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,275.80 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $6,835.50 ↑ +55%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,049.00 ↑ +60%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $7,054.95 ↑ +60%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,875.00 ↑ +79%
HORIZON SHP $7,963.00 ↑ +81%
AETNA ASA $8,221.50 ↑ +87%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +88%
CIGNA BH $8,400.00 ↑ +91%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,703.00 ↑ +98%
HORIZON HMO $8,706.00 ↑ +98%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,925.00 ↑ +103%
HORIZON PPO $8,936.00 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $9,118.20 ↑ +107%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +113%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +113%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,534.00 ↑ +117%
QUALCARE PPO $9,534.00 ↑ +117%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +126%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +132%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $10,327.80 ↑ +135%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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