Knee MRI (with contrast) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$874.49
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.
$4,235.00
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.
$594.30 with KARNA 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 |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $594.30 | ↓ -32% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $703.01 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $762.30 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $785.63 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $785.63 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | PPO | $876.79 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | HMO | $876.79 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $918.21 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $953.19 | ↑ +9% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $978.29 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,049.38 | ↑ +20% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,075.10 | ↑ +23% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,093.69 | ↑ +25% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +138% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,159.00 | ↑ +147% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,218.00 | ↑ +154% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,392.78 | ↑ +174% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,392.78 | ↑ +174% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,922.15 | ↑ +234% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,060.21 | ↑ +250% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,227.07 | ↑ +269% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,316.01 | ↑ +279% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,360.05 | ↑ +284% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,388.00 | ↑ +287% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,599.75 | ↑ +312% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,903.00 | ↑ +346% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,110.91 | ↑ +370% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,132.51 | ↑ +373% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,177.83 | ↑ +378% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,235.00 | ↑ +384% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +395% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $785.63 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $930.42 | $506.96 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $863.44 | $594.30 – $4,332.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $875.24 | $625.49 – $4,332.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $930.42 | $559.24 – $4,332.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $875.24 | $625.49 – $4,332.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $874.49 | $477.40 – $4,332.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $863.44 | $594.30 – $4,332.00 |