Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI)
65 James Street, Edison, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1275107344
$395.64
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.
$4,149.00
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.
$357.13 with WELLCARE 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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| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $357.13 | ↓ -10% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $357.13 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -10% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -10% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.13 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $374.99 | ↓ -5% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $395.64 | ↑ +0% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $541.64 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $632.62 | ↑ +60% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $632.62 | ↑ +60% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $667.99 | ↑ +69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $713.21 | ↑ +80% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $746.82 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $790.38 | ↑ +100% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $892.04 | ↑ +125% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $950.67 | ↑ +140% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $950.67 | ↑ +140% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $978.26 | ↑ +147% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,082.95 | ↑ +174% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,862.81 | ↑ +624% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,904.30 | ↑ +634% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $2,904.30 | ↑ +634% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $2,904.30 | ↑ +634% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,032.92 | ↑ +667% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,032.92 | ↑ +667% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,052.83 | ↑ +672% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,207.18 | ↑ +711% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,207.18 | ↑ +711% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,207.18 | ↑ +711% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $3,319.20 | ↑ +739% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $3,319.20 | ↑ +739% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,485.16 | ↑ +781% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,485.16 | ↑ +781% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,485.16 | ↑ +781% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,526.65 | ↑ +791% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,639.50 | ↑ +820% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,766.88 | ↑ +852% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,816.67 | ↑ +865% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,855.67 | ↑ +875% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +995% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $708.00 | $145.87 – $1,037.77 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $799.28 | $400.67 – $2,072.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $782.31 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $750.25 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $785.70 | $150.16 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $783.82 | $188.77 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $825.31 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $395.29 | $395.29 – $4,332.00 |