X-ray scapula complete (both sides) 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

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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.

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$461.00

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 $421.45 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%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.00 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HMO $52.91 ↓ -54%
CIGNA PPO $52.91 ↓ -54%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $59.67 ↓ -49%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $60.70 ↓ -48%
AETNA HMO $65.17 ↓ -44%
AETNA PPO $65.17 ↓ -44%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $82.98 ↓ -29%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $85.29 ↓ -27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $94.51 ↓ -19%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $116.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $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 $249.40 ↑ +115%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +154%
HORIZON PIP $300.11 ↑ +158%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $309.75 ↑ +167%
HORIZON OMNIA $332.89 ↑ +186%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $345.75 ↑ +197%
AETNA ASA $360.96 ↑ +211%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $368.80 ↑ +217%
CIGNA BH $368.80 ↑ +217%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $391.85 ↑ +237%
HORIZON SHP $395.72 ↑ +240%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $410.29 ↑ +253%
HORIZON HMO $410.57 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE HMO $418.59 ↑ +260%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $418.59 ↑ +260%
QUALCARE PPO $418.59 ↑ +260%
HORIZON PPO $421.45 ↑ +263%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $167.00 $15.00 – $655.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $38.52 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $22.30 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $38.52 – $116.22
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $46.13 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $38.52 – $123.59
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $125.23 $24.60 – $295.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $33.75 – $295.04

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