Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$140.87

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.

$550.00

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.

$99.00 with CLOVER vs $655.00 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $99.00 ↓ -30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $101.75 ↓ -28%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.60 ↓ -27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $112.75 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $140.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $140.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $140.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.92 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.55 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $169.05 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $323.95 ↑ +130%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $348.59 ↑ +147%
HORIZON PIP $358.05 ↑ +154%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $369.55 ↑ +162%
HORIZON OMNIA $397.16 ↑ +182%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $412.50 ↑ +193%
AETNA ASA $430.65 ↑ +206%
CIGNA BH $440.00 ↑ +212%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $467.50 ↑ +232%
HORIZON SHP $472.12 ↑ +235%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $477.62 ↑ +239%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $489.50 ↑ +247%
HORIZON HMO $489.83 ↑ +248%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $495.00 ↑ +251%
AETNA HMO $495.11 ↑ +251%
AETNA PPO $495.11 ↑ +251%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $499.40 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE HMO $499.40 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE PPO $499.40 ↑ +255%
HORIZON PPO $502.81 ↑ +257%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $525.00 ↑ +273%
CIGNA PPO $525.97 ↑ +273%
CIGNA HMO $525.97 ↑ +273%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $540.98 ↑ +284%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $655.00 ↑ +365%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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