X-ray exam si joints 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

$116.22

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.

$385.00

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.

$38.52 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $351.97 with HORIZON — 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 $38.52 ↓ -67%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.68 ↓ -50%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $58.68 ↓ -50%
AETNA HMO $60.73 ↓ -48%
AETNA PPO $60.73 ↓ -48%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.37 ↓ -47%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.30 ↓ -40%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $71.23 ↓ -39%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $78.93 ↓ -32%
CIGNA PPO $88.71 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HMO $88.71 ↓ -24%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $116.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $116.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.03 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.68 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $208.29 ↑ +79%
HORIZON PIP $250.64 ↑ +116%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $258.68 ↑ +123%
HORIZON OMNIA $278.01 ↑ +139%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.75 ↑ +148%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
AETNA ASA $301.46 ↑ +159%
CIGNA BH $308.00 ↑ +165%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $308.00 ↑ +165%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +182%
HORIZON SHP $330.48 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $342.65 ↑ +195%
HORIZON HMO $342.88 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $349.58 ↑ +201%
QUALCARE HMO $349.58 ↑ +201%
QUALCARE PPO $349.58 ↑ +201%
HORIZON PPO $351.97 ↑ +203%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray exam si joints at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $66.25 $17.36 – $232.44
Community Medical Center Toms River $73.21 $32.80 – $231.28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $74.98 $17.87 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $73.35 $22.47 – $249.21
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $38.52 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $29.73 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $38.52 – $116.22
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $51.58 – $312.47

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