X-ray shoulder 1 view (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

$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.

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$358.00

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.

$34.94 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $327.28 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 $34.94 ↓ -64%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.73 ↓ -59%
AETNA HMO $46.34 ↓ -52%
AETNA PPO $46.34 ↓ -52%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $49.73 ↓ -48%
CIGNA HMO $50.43 ↓ -48%
CIGNA PPO $50.43 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $50.59 ↓ -47%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.44 ↓ -33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $66.23 ↓ -31%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $73.39 ↓ -24%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $96.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $96.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $193.68 ↑ +101%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +128%
HORIZON PIP $233.06 ↑ +142%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $240.54 ↑ +150%
HORIZON OMNIA $258.51 ↑ +169%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $268.50 ↑ +179%
AETNA ASA $280.31 ↑ +191%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $286.40 ↑ +198%
CIGNA BH $286.40 ↑ +198%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $304.30 ↑ +216%
HORIZON SHP $307.31 ↑ +219%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $318.62 ↑ +231%
HORIZON HMO $318.83 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE HMO $325.06 ↑ +238%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $325.06 ↑ +238%
QUALCARE PPO $325.06 ↑ +238%
HORIZON PPO $327.28 ↑ +240%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray shoulder 1 view (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $34.94 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $22.30 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $34.94 – $96.23
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $41.65 – $231.98
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $34.94 – $102.33
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $24.60 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $33.75 – $219.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $21.00 – $219.04

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