X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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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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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$990.00

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.

$89.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $905.06 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 $89.00 ↓ -23%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $112.98 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $116.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $121.33 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.03 ↑ +5%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $123.43 ↑ +6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.68 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $141.54 ↑ +22%
AETNA HMO $141.54 ↑ +22%
CIGNA HMO $170.22 ↑ +46%
CIGNA PPO $170.22 ↑ +46%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.20 ↑ +53%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $183.15 ↑ +58%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $202.95 ↑ +75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $535.59 ↑ +361%
HORIZON PIP $644.49 ↑ +455%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $665.18 ↑ +472%
HORIZON OMNIA $714.88 ↑ +515%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $742.50 ↑ +539%
AETNA ASA $775.17 ↑ +567%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $792.00 ↑ +581%
CIGNA BH $792.00 ↑ +581%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $841.50 ↑ +624%
HORIZON SHP $849.82 ↑ +631%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $881.10 ↑ +658%
HORIZON HMO $881.69 ↑ +659%
QUALCARE HMO $898.92 ↑ +673%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $898.92 ↑ +673%
QUALCARE PPO $898.92 ↑ +673%
HORIZON PPO $905.06 ↑ +679%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $159.92 $31.97 – $244.70
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