Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$117.70
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.
$1,183.00
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.
$71.80 with KARNA vs $1,183.00 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $71.80 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | PPO | $90.25 | ↓ -23% |
| AETNA | HMO | $90.25 | ↓ -23% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $102.29 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $102.29 | ↓ -13% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.59 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.30 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.24 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $144.19 | ↑ +23% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $150.51 | ↑ +28% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $153.12 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $196.38 | ↑ +67% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $212.94 | ↑ +81% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $273.27 | ↑ +132% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $668.40 | ↑ +468% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $668.40 | ↑ +468% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $687.32 | ↑ +484% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $854.84 | ↑ +626% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $887.25 | ↑ +654% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $887.25 | ↑ +654% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $901.45 | ↑ +666% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $919.19 | ↑ +681% |
| AETNA | ASA | $926.29 | ↑ +687% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $938.59 | ↑ +697% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $946.40 | ↑ +704% |
| CIGNA | BH | $946.40 | ↑ +704% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,005.55 | ↑ +754% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,005.55 | ↑ +754% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,041.04 | ↑ +784% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,148.34 | ↑ +876% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,154.37 | ↑ +881% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,167.03 | ↑ +892% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,183.00 | ↑ +905% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $86.67 – $295.04 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $75.52 – $336.99 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $71.80 – $153.16 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $117.81 | $75.52 – $312.47 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $125.23 | $75.52 – $295.04 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $117.81 | $75.52 – $295.04 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $117.70 | $71.80 – $295.04 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $116.22 | $71.80 – $153.16 |