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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$264.17
Cash price 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.
$4,439.00
Gross charge 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.
$241.72 with AMERIGROUP vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $241.72 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $241.72 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $241.72 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $241.72 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $241.72 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $241.72 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $253.81 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $317.01 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $360.39 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $393.77 | ↑ +49% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $393.77 | ↑ +49% |
| AETNA | PPO | $417.98 | ↑ +58% |
| AETNA | HMO | $417.98 | ↑ +58% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $559.79 | ↑ +112% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $559.79 | ↑ +112% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $630.34 | ↑ +139% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +146% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $740.47 | ↑ +180% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $799.02 | ↑ +202% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $835.71 | ↑ +216% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $944.81 | ↑ +258% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +260% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $961.16 | ↑ +264% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +689% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,159.44 | ↑ +717% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,720.90 | ↑ +930% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,720.90 | ↑ +930% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,891.56 | ↑ +995% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,004.65 | ↑ +1037% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,062.91 | ↑ +1059% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,109.60 | ↑ +1077% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,109.60 | ↑ +1077% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,181.88 | ↑ +1104% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,265.08 | ↑ +1136% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,303.95 | ↑ +1151% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,431.35 | ↑ +1199% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,461.09 | ↑ +1210% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,571.18 | ↑ +1252% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,613.35 | ↑ +1268% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,664.84 | ↑ +1287% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +1540% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $284.66 | $227.73 – $4,332.00 |