Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$675.68
Cash price 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.
$1,973.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.01 with CIGNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA | PPO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $321.01 | ↓ -52% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $355.14 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $365.01 | ↓ -46% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $404.47 | ↓ -40% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $675.68 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $675.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $675.68 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $675.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $709.47 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $736.50 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $810.82 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $903.00 | ↑ +34% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +76% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,284.42 | ↑ +90% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,325.66 | ↑ +96% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,424.70 | ↑ +111% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,479.75 | ↑ +119% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,525.00 | ↑ +126% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,544.86 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,578.40 | ↑ +134% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,677.05 | ↑ +148% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,693.62 | ↑ +151% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,713.35 | ↑ +154% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,755.97 | ↑ +160% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,757.15 | ↑ +160% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,791.48 | ↑ +165% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,791.48 | ↑ +165% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,803.72 | ↑ +167% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,940.64 | ↑ +187% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,125.00 | ↑ +510% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,986.00 | ↑ +638% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +1289% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,383.00 | ↑ +1289% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +1370% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $93.01 – $1,351.36 |
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| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $693.64 – $1,380.34 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $95.75 – $1,387.28 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $120.37 – $1,448.92 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $684.33 – $1,361.82 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $684.33 | $684.33 – $821.19 |