Salivary gland function exam at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$439.15
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.
$1,126.00
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.
$187.35 with KARNA vs $1,029.39 with HORIZON — 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 |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $187.35 | ↓ -57% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $202.68 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $208.31 | ↓ -53% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $230.83 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | HMO | $260.81 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | PPO | $260.81 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $264.82 | ↓ -40% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $307.93 | ↓ -30% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $307.93 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $320.24 | ↓ -27% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $325.78 | ↓ -26% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $439.15 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $439.15 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $439.15 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $439.15 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $461.11 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $478.68 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $526.98 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $609.17 | ↑ +39% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $733.03 | ↑ +67% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $756.56 | ↑ +72% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $813.08 | ↑ +85% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $844.50 | ↑ +92% |
| AETNA | ASA | $881.66 | ↑ +101% |
| CIGNA | BH | $900.80 | ↑ +105% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $957.10 | ↑ +118% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $966.56 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,002.14 | ↑ +128% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,002.82 | ↑ +128% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,013.40 | ↑ +131% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,021.05 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,022.41 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,022.41 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,022.41 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,029.39 | ↑ +134% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Salivary gland function exam at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $264.45 | $80.36 – $901.64 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $259.95 | $54.57 – $901.64 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $444.77 | $235.09 – $1,021.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $473.22 | $72.85 – $1,166.24 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $439.15 | $187.35 – $1,021.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $445.16 | $197.13 – $1,081.39 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $444.77 | $187.35 – $1,158.70 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $473.22 | $80.36 – $1,021.05 |