X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$96.23

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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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$413.00

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.

$36.37 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $377.56 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
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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 $36.37 ↓ -62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $53.71 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $54.63 ↓ -43%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.81 ↓ -23%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.34 ↓ -23%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $76.41 ↓ -21%
AETNA HMO $83.98 ↓ -13%
AETNA PPO $83.98 ↓ -13%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $84.67 ↓ -12%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $96.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $96.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $115.88 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $115.88 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +128%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $223.43 ↑ +132%
HORIZON PIP $268.86 ↑ +179%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $277.49 ↑ +188%
HORIZON OMNIA $298.23 ↑ +210%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $309.75 ↑ +222%
AETNA ASA $323.38 ↑ +236%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $330.40 ↑ +243%
CIGNA BH $330.40 ↑ +243%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $351.05 ↑ +265%
HORIZON SHP $354.52 ↑ +268%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $367.57 ↑ +282%
HORIZON HMO $367.82 ↑ +282%
QUALCARE HMO $375.00 ↑ +290%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $375.00 ↑ +290%
QUALCARE PPO $375.00 ↑ +290%
HORIZON PPO $377.56 ↑ +292%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $83.71 $20.89 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $94.50 $37.76 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $92.50 $37.76 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $72.20 $37.83 – $196.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $92.90 $21.50 – $197.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $92.67 $27.03 – $206.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $36.37 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $38.34 – $250.18

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