Throat x-ray & fluoroscopy at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$96.23
Cash price 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.
$292.00
Gross charge 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.
$52.56 with CLOVER vs $296.18 with CIGNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $52.56 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $54.02 | ↓ -44% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $59.86 | ↓ -38% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $98.19 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $101.04 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $104.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $115.47 | ↑ +20% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $127.30 | ↑ +32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $129.50 | ↑ +35% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $157.97 | ↑ +64% |
| AETNA | PPO | $189.16 | ↑ +97% |
| AETNA | HMO | $189.16 | ↑ +97% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $190.09 | ↑ +98% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $194.15 | ↑ +102% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $196.19 | ↑ +104% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $210.85 | ↑ +119% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $219.00 | ↑ +128% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $219.04 | ↑ +128% |
| AETNA | ASA | $228.64 | ↑ +138% |
| CIGNA | BH | $233.60 | ↑ +143% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $233.60 | ↑ +143% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $248.20 | ↑ +158% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $250.65 | ↑ +160% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $259.88 | ↑ +170% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $260.06 | ↑ +170% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $265.14 | ↑ +176% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $265.14 | ↑ +176% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $265.14 | ↑ +176% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $266.95 | ↑ +177% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $296.18 | ↑ +208% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $296.18 | ↑ +208% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Throat x-ray & fluoroscopy at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $97.46 – $296.18 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $41.63 – $290.24 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $88.05 – $296.18 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $97.54 | $88.05 – $304.19 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $97.46 | $97.46 – $296.18 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $103.69 | $45.92 – $296.18 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $97.54 | $63.00 – $296.18 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $97.46 | $39.20 – $296.18 |