Remove femur lesion 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

$3,545.97

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.

$8,181.00

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.

$1,189.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $14,007.00 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,286.00 ↓ -64%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,472.58 ↓ -58%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,513.49 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,677.11 ↓ -53%
QUALCARE HMO $2,255.00 ↓ -36%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,545.97 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,723.27 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,865.11 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,255.16 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $5,325.83 ↑ +50%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,496.81 ↑ +55%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,907.50 ↑ +67%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,135.75 ↑ +73%
AETNA ASA $6,405.72 ↑ +81%
CIGNA BH $6,544.80 ↑ +85%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,953.85 ↑ +96%
HORIZON SHP $7,022.57 ↑ +98%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,104.38 ↑ +100%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,281.09 ↑ +105%
HORIZON HMO $7,286.00 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE PPO $7,428.35 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,428.35 ↑ +109%
HORIZON PPO $7,479.07 ↑ +111%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,046.83 ↑ +127%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +180%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,243.00 ↑ +217%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,007.00 ↑ +295%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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