Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center

1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$164.52

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$843.00

Gross charge

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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.

$121.19 with AMERIHEALTH vs $843.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $121.19 ↓ -26%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $123.29 ↓ -25%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $131.62 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $139.94 ↓ -15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $149.42 ↓ -9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.74 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $164.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $164.52 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $164.52 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.52 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $172.75 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.33 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $194.73 ↑ +18%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $195.58 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $197.42 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $230.18 ↑ +40%
AETNA HMO $275.24 ↑ +67%
AETNA PPO $275.24 ↑ +67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $280.89 ↑ +71%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $280.89 ↑ +71%
CIGNA PPO $323.35 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HMO $323.35 ↑ +97%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $609.15 ↑ +270%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $632.25 ↑ +284%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $632.25 ↑ +284%
HORIZON PIP $642.37 ↑ +290%
QUALCARE HMO $655.01 ↑ +298%
QUALCARE PPO $655.01 ↑ +298%
AETNA ASA $660.07 ↑ +301%
HORIZON OMNIA $668.84 ↑ +307%
CIGNA BH $674.40 ↑ +310%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $716.55 ↑ +336%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $716.55 ↑ +336%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $741.84 ↑ +351%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $758.70 ↑ +361%
HORIZON SHP $818.30 ↑ +397%
HORIZON HMO $822.60 ↑ +400%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $831.62 ↑ +405%
HORIZON PPO $843.00 ↑ +412%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $164.52 $123.32 – $323.35
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $164.52 $95.83 – $316.87
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $164.52 $123.32 – $323.35
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $164.52 $110.28 – $332.10
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $164.52 $105.71 – $323.35
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $164.52 $123.32 – $323.35
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $164.52 $123.32 – $323.35
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $164.52 $123.32 – $323.35

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