Sodium 24 hour urine 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

$5.06

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.

$72.00

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.

$5.06 with VACCN vs $70.82 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.06 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.06 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.06 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.06 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.31 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.52 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.07 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.59 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.39 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.67 ↑ +111%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.32 ↑ +163%
CIGNA HMO $23.19 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $23.19 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $38.95 ↑ +670%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $45.63 ↑ +802%
HORIZON PIP $46.87 ↑ +826%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $48.38 ↑ +856%
HORIZON OMNIA $51.99 ↑ +927%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $54.00 ↑ +967%
AETNA ASA $56.38 ↑ +1014%
CIGNA BH $57.60 ↑ +1038%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $57.60 ↑ +1038%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $61.20 ↑ +1109%
AETNA HMO $61.34 ↑ +1112%
AETNA PPO $61.34 ↑ +1112%
HORIZON SHP $61.80 ↑ +1121%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $62.52 ↑ +1136%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $64.08 ↑ +1166%
HORIZON HMO $64.12 ↑ +1167%
QUALCARE HMO $65.38 ↑ +1192%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $65.38 ↑ +1192%
QUALCARE PPO $65.38 ↑ +1192%
HORIZON PPO $65.82 ↑ +1201%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $70.82 ↑ +1300%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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