Sigmoidoscopy w/plcmt stent 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

$6,505.71

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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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$6,790.00

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.

$312.48 with KARNA 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.

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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

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 $312.48 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,222.20 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,256.15 ↓ -81%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,391.95 ↓ -79%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,679.00 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HMO $4,412.00 ↓ -32%
HORIZON PIP $4,420.29 ↓ -32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,562.20 ↓ -30%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,903.06 ↓ -25%
CIGNA PPO $4,941.00 ↓ -24%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,092.50 ↓ -22%
AETNA ASA $5,316.57 ↓ -18%
CIGNA BH $5,432.00 ↓ -17%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,771.50 ↓ -11%
HORIZON SHP $5,828.54 ↓ -10%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,896.44 ↓ -9%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,043.10 ↓ -7%
HORIZON HMO $6,047.17 ↓ -7%
QUALCARE HMO $6,165.32 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,165.32 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE PPO $6,165.32 ↓ -5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,189.00 ↓ -5%
HORIZON PPO $6,207.42 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,505.71 ↑ +0%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,678.64 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,830.99 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,091.22 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,601.00 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,806.85 ↑ +20%
AETNA HMO $9,383.00 ↑ +44%
AETNA PPO $9,383.00 ↑ +44%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +53%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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