Remove tonsils and adenoids 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

$6,465.11

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.

$9,176.00

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.

$612.28 with KARNA 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.

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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 $612.28 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -82%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,361.00 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,651.68 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,697.56 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,881.08 ↓ -71%
QUALCARE HMO $2,744.00 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HMO $3,586.00 ↓ -45%
CIGNA PPO $4,011.00 ↓ -38%
HORIZON PIP $5,973.58 ↓ -8%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,165.35 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,465.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,465.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,465.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,465.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,625.99 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,788.36 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,882.00 ↑ +6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,046.97 ↑ +9%
AETNA ASA $7,184.81 ↑ +11%
CIGNA BH $7,340.80 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,758.13 ↑ +20%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,799.60 ↑ +21%
HORIZON SHP $7,876.68 ↑ +22%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,968.44 ↑ +23%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,166.64 ↑ +26%
HORIZON HMO $8,172.15 ↑ +26%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +28%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,331.81 ↑ +29%
QUALCARE PPO $8,331.81 ↑ +29%
HORIZON PPO $8,388.70 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,025.51 ↑ +40%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +45%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +45%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +58%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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