Special teletx port plan 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

$400.07

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.

$2,954.00

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.

$172.00 with KARNA vs $2,759.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $172.00 ↓ -57%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $400.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $400.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $400.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $400.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $420.07 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $436.08 ↑ +9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $452.52 ↑ +13%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $465.09 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $480.08 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $515.37 ↑ +29%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $731.32 ↑ +83%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $799.95 ↑ +100%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,332.42 ↑ +233%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,480.75 ↑ +270%
HORIZON PIP $1,636.61 ↑ +309%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,689.16 ↑ +322%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,815.36 ↑ +354%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,885.50 ↑ +371%
AETNA ASA $1,968.46 ↑ +392%
CIGNA BH $2,011.20 ↑ +403%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,136.90 ↑ +434%
HORIZON SHP $2,158.02 ↑ +439%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,237.46 ↑ +459%
HORIZON HMO $2,238.97 ↑ +460%
QUALCARE PPO $2,282.71 ↑ +471%
QUALCARE HMO $2,282.71 ↑ +471%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,282.71 ↑ +471%
AETNA PPO $2,296.79 ↑ +474%
AETNA HMO $2,296.79 ↑ +474%
HORIZON PPO $2,298.30 ↑ +474%
CIGNA PPO $2,404.14 ↑ +501%
CIGNA HMO $2,404.14 ↑ +501%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,703.00 ↑ +576%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,759.00 ↑ +590%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Special teletx port plan at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $536.07 $48.66 – $1,976.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $629.34 $125.78 – $1,969.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $592.33 $115.39 – $2,352.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $586.55 $125.78 – $1,440.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $618.65 $50.10 – $1,555.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $593.47 $62.98 – $1,566.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $624.89 $118.77 – $1,715.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $405.19 $405.19 – $2,774.00

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