Resuscitation delivery/birthing room 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

$715.16

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.

$1,261.00

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.

$226.98 with CLOVER vs $3,709.00 with OXFORD — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $226.98 ↓ -68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.29 ↓ -68%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $233.29 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $258.51 ↓ -64%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $715.16 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $715.16 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $715.16 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $715.16 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $750.92 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $779.52 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $799.22 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PIP $820.91 ↑ +15%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $847.27 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $858.19 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $910.57 ↑ +27%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $945.75 ↑ +32%
AETNA ASA $987.36 ↑ +38%
CIGNA BH $1,008.80 ↑ +41%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,071.85 ↑ +50%
HORIZON SHP $1,082.44 ↑ +51%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,095.05 ↑ +53%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,122.29 ↑ +57%
HORIZON HMO $1,123.05 ↑ +57%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,134.90 ↑ +59%
AETNA HMO $1,135.15 ↑ +59%
AETNA PPO $1,135.15 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE HMO $1,144.99 ↑ +60%
QUALCARE PPO $1,144.99 ↑ +60%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,144.99 ↑ +60%
HORIZON PPO $1,152.81 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,153.00 ↑ +61%
CIGNA HMO $1,205.89 ↑ +69%
CIGNA PPO $1,205.89 ↑ +69%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,240.32 ↑ +73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,278.00 ↑ +79%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,709.00 ↑ +419%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Resuscitation delivery/birthing room at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $724.31 $724.31 – $3,682.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $770.64 $237.94 – $8,916.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $715.16 $231.29 – $3,680.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $724.94 $237.94 – $1,879.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $724.31 $231.29 – $3,382.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $770.64 $237.94 – $1,463.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $724.94 $237.94 – $3,647.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $724.31 $231.29 – $3,585.00

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