X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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

$194.55

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.

$930.00

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.

$98.19 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $850.21 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 $98.19 ↓ -50%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $153.16 ↓ -21%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $155.81 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $167.40 ↓ -14%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $172.05 ↓ -12%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $190.65 ↓ -2%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $194.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $194.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.28 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $212.06 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $229.97 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $233.47 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $315.37 ↑ +62%
AETNA HMO $315.37 ↑ +62%
CIGNA HMO $388.80 ↑ +100%
CIGNA PPO $388.80 ↑ +100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $483.42 ↑ +148%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $503.13 ↑ +159%
HORIZON PIP $605.43 ↑ +211%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $624.87 ↑ +221%
HORIZON OMNIA $671.55 ↑ +245%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $697.50 ↑ +259%
AETNA ASA $728.19 ↑ +274%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $744.00 ↑ +282%
CIGNA BH $744.00 ↑ +282%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $790.50 ↑ +306%
HORIZON SHP $798.31 ↑ +310%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $827.70 ↑ +325%
HORIZON HMO $828.26 ↑ +326%
QUALCARE HMO $844.44 ↑ +334%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $844.44 ↑ +334%
QUALCARE PPO $844.44 ↑ +334%
HORIZON PPO $850.21 ↑ +337%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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