X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views 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

$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.

$803.00

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.

$67.43 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $734.10 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 $67.43 ↓ -42%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.78 ↓ -17%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $97.47 ↓ -16%
AETNA HMO $98.37 ↓ -15%
AETNA PPO $98.37 ↓ -15%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $99.15 ↓ -15%
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%
CIGNA HMO $133.16 ↑ +15%
CIGNA PPO $133.16 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $139.46 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.54 ↑ +24%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $148.56 ↑ +28%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $164.62 ↑ +42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $434.42 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PIP $522.75 ↑ +350%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $539.54 ↑ +364%
HORIZON OMNIA $579.85 ↑ +399%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $602.25 ↑ +418%
AETNA ASA $628.75 ↑ +441%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $642.40 ↑ +453%
CIGNA BH $642.40 ↑ +453%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $682.55 ↑ +487%
HORIZON SHP $689.30 ↑ +493%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $714.67 ↑ +515%
HORIZON HMO $715.15 ↑ +515%
QUALCARE HMO $729.12 ↑ +527%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $729.12 ↑ +527%
QUALCARE PPO $729.12 ↑ +527%
HORIZON PPO $734.10 ↑ +532%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other New-jersey hospitals

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Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $321.20 $116.44 – $116.44
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $156.35 $27.38 – $232.44
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $173.09 $35.43 – $249.21
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