X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$96.23
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.
$768.00
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.
$45.43 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $614.40 with PRIME HEALTH — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $45.43 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA | HMO | $60.72 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | PPO | $60.72 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $67.63 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $68.80 | ↓ -29% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $72.97 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $85.20 | ↓ -11% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $88.05 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $92.45 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $96.23 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $102.29 | ↑ +6% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $102.29 | ↑ +6% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $108.00 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $115.47 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $116.40 | ↑ +21% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $146.30 | ↑ +52% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $219.04 | ↑ +128% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $297.60 | ↑ +209% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $324.60 | ↑ +237% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $390.84 | ↑ +306% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $430.08 | ↑ +347% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $450.00 | ↑ +368% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $463.80 | ↑ +382% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $466.20 | ↑ +384% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $467.82 | ↑ +386% |
| AETNA | ASA | $469.80 | ↑ +388% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $480.00 | ↑ +399% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $482.70 | ↑ +402% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $488.40 | ↑ +408% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $495.36 | ↑ +415% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $510.00 | ↑ +430% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $510.00 | ↑ +430% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $528.00 | ↑ +449% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $537.60 | ↑ +459% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $537.60 | ↑ +459% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $614.40 | ↑ +538% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $614.40 | ↑ +538% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $100.79 | $20.64 – $192.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $155.74 | $29.11 – $197.58 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $111.37 | $29.11 – $191.50 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $140.82 | $29.11 – $196.59 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $208.00 | $17.75 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $153.10 | $21.25 – $197.58 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $111.58 | $26.72 – $206.34 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $117.49 | $29.11 – $193.95 |