Head CT scan (without contrast) 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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,158.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$117.70 with WELLCARE vs $2,158.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.59 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.30 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.24 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $199.03 | ↑ +69% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $203.98 | ↑ +73% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $203.98 | ↑ +73% |
| AETNA | HMO | $213.92 | ↑ +82% |
| AETNA | PPO | $213.92 | ↑ +82% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $334.81 | ↑ +184% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $334.81 | ↑ +184% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $358.23 | ↑ +204% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $388.44 | ↑ +230% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $432.00 | ↑ +267% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $439.46 | ↑ +273% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $498.50 | ↑ +324% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +452% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $714.00 | ↑ +507% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,489.02 | ↑ +1165% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,559.37 | ↑ +1225% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,618.50 | ↑ +1275% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,618.50 | ↑ +1275% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,644.40 | ↑ +1297% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,689.71 | ↑ +1336% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,712.16 | ↑ +1355% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,726.40 | ↑ +1367% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,762.00 | ↑ +1397% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,834.30 | ↑ +1458% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,959.46 | ↑ +1565% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +1670% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,094.77 | ↑ +1680% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,105.78 | ↑ +1689% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,128.87 | ↑ +1709% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,158.00 | ↑ +1733% |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Head CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $117.70 – $1,762.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $100.19 – $1,620.86 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $106.34 – $1,762.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $117.81 | $106.34 – $393.08 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $125.23 | $125.23 – $650.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $117.81 | $117.81 – $1,752.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $117.70 | $117.70 – $1,762.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $116.22 | $116.22 – $439.59 |