Special physics consult 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

$145.10

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.

$1,705.00

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.

$145.10 with VACCN vs $22,558.00 with QUALCARE — 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 $145.10 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $145.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $145.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $145.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.36 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.16 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $174.12 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $268.85 ↑ +85%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $306.90 ↑ +112%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $315.43 ↑ +117%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $349.53 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $495.98 ↑ +242%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $542.53 ↑ +274%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $903.65 ↑ +523%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,004.25 ↑ +592%
HORIZON PIP $1,109.96 ↑ +665%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,145.59 ↑ +690%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,231.18 ↑ +749%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,278.75 ↑ +781%
AETNA ASA $1,335.02 ↑ +820%
CIGNA BH $1,364.00 ↑ +840%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,449.25 ↑ +899%
HORIZON SHP $1,463.57 ↑ +909%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,517.45 ↑ +946%
HORIZON HMO $1,518.47 ↑ +946%
AETNA PPO $1,557.69 ↑ +974%
AETNA HMO $1,557.69 ↑ +974%
HORIZON PPO $1,558.71 ↑ +974%
CIGNA HMO $1,630.49 ↑ +1024%
CIGNA PPO $1,630.49 ↑ +1024%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,703.00 ↑ +1763%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,759.00 ↑ +1801%
QUALCARE HMO $21,431.00 ↑ +14670%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $22,558.00 ↑ +15447%
QUALCARE PPO $22,558.00 ↑ +15447%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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