Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (without contrast) at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI)
65 James Street, Edison, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1275107344
$117.81
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.
$2,012.00
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.
$106.34 with HORIZON vs $1,869.75 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.
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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| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $106.34 | ↓ -10% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.34 | ↓ -10% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $106.34 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $111.66 | ↓ -5% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $255.70 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $263.64 | ↑ +124% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $263.64 | ↑ +124% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $281.42 | ↑ +139% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $281.42 | ↑ +139% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $323.93 | ↑ +175% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $345.86 | ↑ +194% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $362.16 | ↑ +207% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $383.29 | ↑ +225% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $432.58 | ↑ +267% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $492.69 | ↑ +318% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $545.41 | ↑ +363% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,388.28 | ↑ +1078% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,408.40 | ↑ +1095% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,408.40 | ↑ +1095% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,408.40 | ↑ +1095% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,470.77 | ↑ +1148% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,470.77 | ↑ +1148% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,480.43 | ↑ +1157% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,509.00 | ↑ +1181% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,555.28 | ↑ +1220% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,555.28 | ↑ +1220% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,555.28 | ↑ +1220% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,609.60 | ↑ +1266% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,609.60 | ↑ +1266% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,690.08 | ↑ +1335% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,690.08 | ↑ +1335% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,690.08 | ↑ +1335% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,710.20 | ↑ +1352% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,764.93 | ↑ +1398% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,826.69 | ↑ +1451% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,850.84 | ↑ +1471% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,869.75 | ↑ +1487% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) CT Scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $376.90 | $68.96 – $522.66 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $511.73 | $119.31 – $726.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $416.45 | $116.22 – $726.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $679.84 | $119.31 – $726.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $503.04 | $70.99 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $417.26 | $89.25 – $704.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $439.35 | $117.70 – $726.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $117.70 – $1,762.00 |