Fmri brain by phys/psych 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

$267.55

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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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$2,310.00

Gross charge

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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.

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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
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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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $267.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $267.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $280.93 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $291.63 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $306.76 ↑ +15%
CIGNA HMO $306.76 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $321.06 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $383.46 ↑ +43%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $410.15 ↑ +53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.80 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $417.24 ↑ +56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $533.61 ↑ +99%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +143%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $707.07 ↑ +164%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +255%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,305.15 ↑ +388%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,593.90 ↑ +496%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,669.21 ↑ +524%
HORIZON PIP $1,760.22 ↑ +558%
AETNA ASA $1,808.73 ↑ +576%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,832.75 ↑ +585%
CIGNA BH $1,848.00 ↑ +591%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,963.50 ↑ +634%
AETNA HMO $2,079.00 ↑ +677%
AETNA PPO $2,079.00 ↑ +677%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +679%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,097.48 ↑ +684%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,132.65 ↑ +697%
QUALCARE PPO $2,218.00 ↑ +729%
HORIZON SHP $2,242.32 ↑ +738%
HORIZON HMO $2,254.10 ↑ +742%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,278.82 ↑ +752%
HORIZON PPO $2,310.00 ↑ +763%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,903.00 ↑ +1359%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +1519%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Fmri brain by phys/psych at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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 $277.41 – $4,332.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $267.78 – $4,332.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $236.81 – $4,332.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $264.17 $264.17 – $4,332.00

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