Tissue culture placenta 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

$150.30

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.

$1,375.00

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.

$51.06 with AETNA vs $688.73 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.

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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.06 ↓ -66%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $149.32 ↓ -1%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $150.30 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $150.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $150.30 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $150.30 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $150.30 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $150.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.82 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $163.83 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $174.93 ↑ +16%
HORIZON PIP $179.68 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $180.36 ↑ +20%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $185.44 ↑ +23%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $195.77 ↑ +30%
HORIZON OMNIA $199.30 ↑ +33%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $207.00 ↑ +38%
AETNA ASA $216.11 ↑ +44%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $220.80 ↑ +47%
CIGNA BH $220.80 ↑ +47%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $234.60 ↑ +56%
AETNA PPO $235.15 ↑ +56%
AETNA HMO $235.15 ↑ +56%
HORIZON SHP $236.92 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $239.68 ↑ +59%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $245.64 ↑ +63%
HORIZON HMO $245.81 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE HMO $250.61 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE PPO $250.61 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $250.61 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PPO $252.32 ↑ +68%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $271.47 ↑ +81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $308.49 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $323.22 ↑ +115%
CIGNA HMO $688.73 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $688.73 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $165.33 $70.64 – $697.52
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