Transferrin 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

$12.76

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.

$199.00

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.

$12.76 with WELLCARE vs $195.74 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 $12.76 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.76 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.76 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.76 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.76 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.40 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.91 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $15.31 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.62 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $26.19 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $28.03 ↑ +120%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $36.82 ↑ +189%
CIGNA HMO $58.47 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $58.47 ↑ +358%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $107.66 ↑ +744%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $126.13 ↑ +888%
HORIZON PIP $129.55 ↑ +915%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $133.71 ↑ +948%
HORIZON OMNIA $143.70 ↑ +1026%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $149.25 ↑ +1070%
AETNA ASA $155.82 ↑ +1121%
CIGNA BH $159.20 ↑ +1148%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $159.20 ↑ +1148%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $169.15 ↑ +1226%
AETNA PPO $169.55 ↑ +1229%
AETNA HMO $169.55 ↑ +1229%
HORIZON SHP $170.82 ↑ +1239%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $172.81 ↑ +1254%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $177.11 ↑ +1288%
HORIZON HMO $177.23 ↑ +1289%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $180.69 ↑ +1316%
QUALCARE HMO $180.69 ↑ +1316%
QUALCARE PPO $180.69 ↑ +1316%
HORIZON PPO $181.93 ↑ +1326%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $195.74 ↑ +1434%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Transferrin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $14.04 $6.00 – $66.95
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $14.04 $6.00 – $52.08
Community Medical Center Toms River $14.04 $6.00 – $52.08
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $14.04 $6.00 – $52.08
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $14.04 $6.00 – $52.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $14.04 $6.00 – $52.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $14.04 $6.00 – $52.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12.76 $12.76 – $58.47

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