MRI breast c- unilateral 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

Cash price

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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.

$4,895.00

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 $4,895.00 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
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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%
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 $401.45 ↑ +50%
CIGNA PPO $473.14 ↑ +77%
CIGNA HMO $473.14 ↑ +77%
AETNA HMO $516.94 ↑ +93%
AETNA PPO $516.94 ↑ +93%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +143%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $812.57 ↑ +204%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $881.10 ↑ +229%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +255%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,130.75 ↑ +323%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,391.77 ↑ +420%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,415.83 ↑ +429%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +679%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,159.00 ↑ +707%
QUALCARE PPO $2,218.00 ↑ +729%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,765.68 ↑ +934%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,765.68 ↑ +934%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,377.55 ↑ +1162%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,537.13 ↑ +1222%
HORIZON PIP $3,729.99 ↑ +1294%
AETNA ASA $3,832.79 ↑ +1333%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,883.69 ↑ +1352%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,903.00 ↑ +1359%
CIGNA BH $3,916.00 ↑ +1364%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,160.75 ↑ +1455%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +1519%
HORIZON SHP $4,751.58 ↑ +1676%
HORIZON HMO $4,776.54 ↑ +1685%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,828.92 ↑ +1705%
HORIZON PPO $4,895.00 ↑ +1730%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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MRI breast c- unilateral 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 $165.53 – $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 $182.60 – $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

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