Release middle ear bone at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$3,544.29
Cash price 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.
$7,300.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $10,216.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -66% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,314.00 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,350.50 | ↓ -62% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,496.50 | ↓ -58% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,686.98 | ↓ -52% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,651.00 | ↓ -25% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,544.29 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,544.29 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,544.29 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,544.29 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,721.50 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,863.27 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,253.14 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,391.00 | ↑ +24% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,752.30 | ↑ +34% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,904.87 | ↑ +38% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $5,271.33 | ↑ +49% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,475.00 | ↑ +54% |
| AETNA | ASA | $5,715.90 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,840.00 | ↑ +65% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,205.00 | ↑ +75% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6,266.32 | ↑ +77% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $6,339.32 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,497.00 | ↑ +83% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,501.38 | ↑ +83% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $6,628.40 | ↑ +87% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $6,628.40 | ↑ +87% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,673.66 | ↑ +88% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,724.00 | ↑ +90% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $7,180.28 | ↑ +103% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $7,532.00 | ↑ +113% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,251.00 | ↑ +133% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +165% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +165% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +180% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,216.00 | ↑ +188% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $537.13 – $7,600.27 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,119.79 – $7,143.34 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,589.62 | $3,589.62 – $4,307.55 |