Urine Culture Test at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$8.07
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.
$154.00
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.
$8.07 with WELLCARE vs $140.65 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.07 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.07 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.07 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.07 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.07 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.07 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.47 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.80 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $9.68 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.51 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $16.56 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $17.72 | ↑ +120% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.46 | ↑ +228% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $36.98 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $36.98 | ↑ +358% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $77.36 | ↑ +859% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $90.63 | ↑ +1023% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $93.09 | ↑ +1054% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $96.08 | ↑ +1091% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $103.26 | ↑ +1180% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $107.25 | ↑ +1229% |
| AETNA | ASA | $111.97 | ↑ +1287% |
| CIGNA | BH | $114.40 | ↑ +1318% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $114.40 | ↑ +1318% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $121.55 | ↑ +1406% |
| AETNA | PPO | $121.84 | ↑ +1410% |
| AETNA | HMO | $121.84 | ↑ +1410% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $122.75 | ↑ +1421% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $124.18 | ↑ +1439% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $127.27 | ↑ +1477% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $127.36 | ↑ +1478% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $129.84 | ↑ +1509% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $129.84 | ↑ +1509% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $129.84 | ↑ +1509% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $130.73 | ↑ +1520% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $140.65 | ↑ +1643% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Urine Culture Test at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $57.20 | $20.74 – $20.74 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $8.88 | $3.79 – $39.56 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $8.88 | $3.79 – $33.37 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $8.88 | $3.79 – $33.37 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $8.88 | $3.79 – $33.37 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $61.00 | $6.46 – $6.65 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $8.88 | $3.79 – $33.37 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $8.88 | $3.79 – $33.37 |