X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 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

$96.23

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$528.00

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.

$53.34 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $482.70 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 $53.34 ↓ -45%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $73.60 ↓ -24%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $74.87 ↓ -22%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $76.07 ↓ -21%
AETNA PPO $76.24 ↓ -21%
AETNA HMO $76.24 ↓ -21%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $95.04 ↓ -1%
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%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $97.68 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $101.04 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.89 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $108.24 ↑ +12%
CIGNA PPO $110.95 ↑ +15%
CIGNA HMO $110.95 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $115.47 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +128%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $285.65 ↑ +197%
HORIZON PIP $343.73 ↑ +257%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $354.76 ↑ +269%
HORIZON OMNIA $381.27 ↑ +296%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +312%
AETNA ASA $413.42 ↑ +330%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $422.40 ↑ +339%
CIGNA BH $422.40 ↑ +339%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $448.80 ↑ +366%
HORIZON SHP $453.24 ↑ +371%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $469.92 ↑ +388%
HORIZON HMO $470.24 ↑ +389%
QUALCARE HMO $479.42 ↑ +398%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $479.42 ↑ +398%
QUALCARE PPO $479.42 ↑ +398%
HORIZON PPO $482.70 ↑ +402%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $146.21 $21.52 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $96.20 $32.80 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $161.56 $32.80 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $130.87 $32.80 – $196.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $94.56 $22.16 – $197.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $161.87 $27.85 – $206.34
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $170.44 $32.80 – $193.95
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $53.34 – $219.04

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