X-ray exam of teeth 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

$264.17

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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.

$275.00

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.

$31.34 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $623.08 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $31.34 ↓ -88%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $45.75 ↓ -83%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $46.54 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.50 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $50.88 ↓ -81%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $56.38 ↓ -79%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.05 ↓ -72%
AETNA HMO $87.29 ↓ -67%
AETNA PPO $87.29 ↓ -67%
CIGNA HMO $112.19 ↓ -58%
CIGNA PPO $112.19 ↓ -58%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $148.78 ↓ -44%
HORIZON PIP $179.03 ↓ -32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $184.77 ↓ -30%
HORIZON OMNIA $198.58 ↓ -25%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $206.25 ↓ -22%
AETNA ASA $215.33 ↓ -18%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $220.00 ↓ -17%
CIGNA BH $220.00 ↓ -17%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $233.75 ↓ -12%
HORIZON SHP $236.06 ↓ -11%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $244.75 ↓ -7%
HORIZON HMO $244.92 ↓ -7%
QUALCARE PPO $249.70 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $249.70 ↓ -5%
QUALCARE HMO $249.70 ↓ -5%
HORIZON PPO $251.41 ↓ -5%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $264.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $264.17 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $264.17 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.95 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $317.01 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $623.08 ↑ +136%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray exam of teeth at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $31.34 – $623.08
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $18.39 – $711.68
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $31.34 – $264.17
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $40.91 – $659.90
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $31.34 – $280.93
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $284.66 $20.29 – $623.08
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $27.83 – $623.08
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $17.32 – $623.08

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