X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast 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

$194.55

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$1,861.00

Gross charge

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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.

$167.78 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,701.33 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $167.78 ↓ -14%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $194.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $194.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.28 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $212.06 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $233.47 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $266.54 ↑ +37%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $271.15 ↑ +39%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $334.98 ↑ +72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $344.29 ↑ +77%
AETNA PPO $347.47 ↑ +79%
AETNA HMO $347.47 ↑ +79%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $381.51 ↑ +96%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $404.00 ↑ +108%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $483.42 ↑ +148%
CIGNA PPO $613.54 ↑ +215%
CIGNA HMO $613.54 ↑ +215%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,006.80 ↑ +418%
HORIZON PIP $1,211.51 ↑ +523%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,250.41 ↑ +543%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,343.83 ↑ +591%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,395.75 ↑ +617%
AETNA ASA $1,457.16 ↑ +649%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,488.80 ↑ +665%
CIGNA BH $1,488.80 ↑ +665%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,581.85 ↑ +713%
HORIZON SHP $1,597.48 ↑ +721%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,656.29 ↑ +751%
HORIZON HMO $1,657.41 ↑ +752%
QUALCARE HMO $1,689.79 ↑ +769%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,689.79 ↑ +769%
QUALCARE PPO $1,689.79 ↑ +769%
HORIZON PPO $1,701.33 ↑ +774%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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