Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590
$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.
$3,575.00
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.
$264.17 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 | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $264.17 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $277.38 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $287.95 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $317.01 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $407.93 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $507.65 | ↑ +92% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $507.65 | ↑ +92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $559.79 | ↑ +112% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $643.50 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $661.38 | ↑ +150% |
| AETNA | HMO | $696.20 | ↑ +164% |
| AETNA | PPO | $696.20 | ↑ +164% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $732.88 | ↑ +177% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $944.81 | ↑ +258% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +260% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $961.16 | ↑ +264% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,934.08 | ↑ +632% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,327.33 | ↑ +781% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,402.04 | ↑ +809% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,466.75 | ↑ +834% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,581.51 | ↑ +877% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,799.23 | ↑ +960% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,860.00 | ↑ +983% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,038.75 | ↑ +1050% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,068.78 | ↑ +1062% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,181.75 | ↑ +1104% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,183.90 | ↑ +1105% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,246.10 | ↑ +1129% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,246.10 | ↑ +1129% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,246.10 | ↑ +1129% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,268.27 | ↑ +1137% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +1540% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $284.66 | $227.73 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $241.72 – $4,332.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $241.72 – $4,332.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $284.66 | $284.66 – $4,332.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $267.78 | $267.78 – $4,332.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |