Unlisted cytogenetic study 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

$58.39

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.

$2,308.00

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.

$13.56 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $441.64 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.56 ↓ -77%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $44.90 ↓ -23%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.39 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.39 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $58.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $58.39 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.31 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.65 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $70.07 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $83.07 ↑ +42%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $92.05 ↑ +58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $102.13 ↑ +75%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $242.91 ↑ +316%
HORIZON PIP $292.30 ↑ +401%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $301.68 ↑ +417%
HORIZON OMNIA $324.22 ↑ +455%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $336.75 ↑ +477%
AETNA ASA $351.57 ↑ +502%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $359.20 ↑ +515%
CIGNA BH $359.20 ↑ +515%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $381.65 ↑ +554%
AETNA HMO $382.55 ↑ +555%
AETNA PPO $382.55 ↑ +555%
HORIZON SHP $385.42 ↑ +560%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $389.91 ↑ +568%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $399.61 ↑ +584%
HORIZON HMO $399.88 ↑ +585%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $407.69 ↑ +598%
QUALCARE PPO $407.69 ↑ +598%
QUALCARE HMO $407.69 ↑ +598%
HORIZON PPO $410.48 ↑ +603%
CIGNA PPO $429.38 ↑ +635%
CIGNA HMO $429.38 ↑ +635%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $441.64 ↑ +656%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Unlisted cytogenetic study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $13.56 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $50.34 – $66.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $58.39 $13.56 – $58.39
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $59.19 $53.43 – $108.48
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $59.14 $13.56 – $64.46
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $62.92 $62.92 – $209.88
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $59.19 $13.56 – $102.13
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $59.14 $13.56 – $102.13

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