Strep a ag ia 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

$16.81

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.

$114.00

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.

$16.81 with WELLCARE vs $112.13 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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.81 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.81 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.81 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.65 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.32 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.17 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $21.09 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.90 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.33 ↑ +57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $34.50 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $61.67 ↑ +267%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $72.25 ↑ +330%
HORIZON PIP $74.21 ↑ +341%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $76.60 ↑ +356%
CIGNA PPO $77.03 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $77.03 ↑ +358%
HORIZON OMNIA $82.32 ↑ +390%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $85.50 ↑ +409%
AETNA ASA $89.26 ↑ +431%
CIGNA BH $91.20 ↑ +443%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $91.20 ↑ +443%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $96.90 ↑ +476%
AETNA PPO $97.13 ↑ +478%
AETNA HMO $97.13 ↑ +478%
HORIZON SHP $97.86 ↑ +482%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $99.00 ↑ +489%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $101.46 ↑ +504%
HORIZON HMO $101.53 ↑ +504%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $103.51 ↑ +516%
QUALCARE HMO $103.51 ↑ +516%
QUALCARE PPO $103.51 ↑ +516%
HORIZON PPO $104.22 ↑ +520%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $112.13 ↑ +567%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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