Brain MRI (without contrast) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$267.55
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.
$3,972.00
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.
$267.55 with VACCN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $280.93 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $291.63 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $321.06 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $369.70 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $407.00 | ↑ +52% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $407.00 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | HMO | $458.14 | ↑ +71% |
| AETNA | PPO | $458.14 | ↑ +71% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +143% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $659.35 | ↑ +146% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $707.07 | ↑ +164% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $714.96 | ↑ +167% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $917.53 | ↑ +243% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $928.50 | ↑ +247% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $944.55 | ↑ +253% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +255% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +679% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,159.00 | ↑ +707% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,244.18 | ↑ +739% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,740.68 | ↑ +924% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,870.17 | ↑ +973% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,026.66 | ↑ +1031% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,110.08 | ↑ +1062% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,151.38 | ↑ +1078% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,177.60 | ↑ +1088% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,291.00 | ↑ +1130% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,376.20 | ↑ +1162% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,855.62 | ↑ +1341% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,875.88 | ↑ +1349% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,903.00 | ↑ +1359% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,918.38 | ↑ +1365% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,972.00 | ↑ +1385% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +1519% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain 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 |
| 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 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $264.17 | $264.17 – $4,332.00 |