Remove ventilating tube 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

$3,544.29

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.

$4,857.00

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.

$126.05 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.05 ↓ -96%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $874.26 ↓ -75%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $898.55 ↓ -75%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -75%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $995.69 ↓ -72%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,015.11 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -66%
QUALCARE HMO $1,525.00 ↓ -57%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↓ -37%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -29%
HORIZON PIP $3,161.91 ↓ -11%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,263.42 ↓ -8%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,507.24 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,544.29 ↑ +0%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,642.75 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,721.50 ↑ +5%
AETNA ASA $3,803.03 ↑ +7%
CIGNA BH $3,885.60 ↑ +10%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,128.45 ↑ +16%
HORIZON SHP $4,169.25 ↑ +18%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,217.82 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,253.14 ↑ +20%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,322.73 ↑ +22%
HORIZON HMO $4,325.64 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE PPO $4,410.16 ↑ +24%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,410.16 ↑ +24%
HORIZON PPO $4,440.27 ↑ +25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,777.35 ↑ +35%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +165%
AETNA HMO $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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