MRI brain without & w/dye at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI)
65 James Street, Edison, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1275107344
$197.21
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.
not published by hospital
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.
$178.02 with AETNA vs $3,196.25 with KARNA — 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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| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -10% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -10% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -10% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $178.02 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.02 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.02 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $186.92 | ↓ -5% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $197.21 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $416.20 | ↑ +111% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $416.20 | ↑ +111% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | PNO | $417.60 | ↑ +112% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $461.11 | ↑ +134% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $461.11 | ↑ +134% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $587.16 | ↑ +198% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $649.99 | ↑ +230% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,196.25 | ↑ +1521% |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI brain without & w/dye at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $197.04 – $656.62 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $209.65 | $167.72 – $3,196.25 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $194.55 | $178.02 – $3,130.16 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $197.04 | $197.04 – $3,130.16 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $209.65 | $209.65 – $3,196.25 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $197.21 | $197.21 – $3,196.25 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $197.04 | $197.04 – $3,130.16 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $194.55 | $194.55 – $3,130.16 |