Repair stomach opening 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

$4,157.89

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.

$5,202.00

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.

$903.00 with HORIZON 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $903.00 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $936.36 ↓ -77%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $962.37 ↓ -77%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,066.41 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -71%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,468.18 ↓ -65%
QUALCARE HMO $1,982.00 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HMO $2,249.00 ↓ -46%
CIGNA PPO $2,518.00 ↓ -39%
HORIZON PIP $3,386.50 ↓ -19%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,495.22 ↓ -16%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,756.36 ↓ -10%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,901.50 ↓ -6%
AETNA ASA $4,073.17 ↓ -2%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,157.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,157.89 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,157.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,157.89 ↑ +0%
CIGNA BH $4,161.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,365.79 ↑ +5%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,421.70 ↑ +6%
HORIZON SHP $4,465.40 ↑ +7%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,517.42 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,532.11 ↑ +9%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,629.78 ↑ +11%
HORIZON HMO $4,632.90 ↑ +11%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,723.42 ↑ +14%
QUALCARE PPO $4,723.42 ↑ +14%
HORIZON PPO $4,755.67 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,989.47 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,116.69 ↑ +23%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,251.00 ↑ +98%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +126%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +126%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +139%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,216.00 ↑ +146%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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