MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$395.29

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,159.00

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.

$395.29 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $5,159.00 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
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $395.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $395.29 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $395.29 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.06 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $430.87 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $474.35 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $640.09 ↑ +62%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +64%
CIGNA PPO $778.92 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HMO $778.92 ↑ +97%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $856.39 ↑ +117%
AETNA PPO $903.81 ↑ +129%
AETNA HMO $903.81 ↑ +129%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $928.62 ↑ +135%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +141%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,191.73 ↑ +201%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,505.15 ↑ +281%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,531.17 ↑ +287%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +427%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,159.00 ↑ +446%
QUALCARE PPO $2,218.00 ↑ +461%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,914.84 ↑ +637%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,914.84 ↑ +637%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,559.71 ↑ +801%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,727.89 ↑ +843%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $3,903.00 ↑ +887%
HORIZON PIP $3,931.16 ↑ +895%
AETNA ASA $4,039.50 ↑ +922%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,093.15 ↑ +935%
CIGNA BH $4,127.20 ↑ +944%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +996%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,385.15 ↑ +1009%
HORIZON SHP $5,007.84 ↑ +1167%
HORIZON HMO $5,034.15 ↑ +1174%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,089.35 ↑ +1187%
HORIZON PPO $5,159.00 ↑ +1205%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $880.12 $181.09 – $1,452.87
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,016.69 $400.67 – $2,072.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $972.49 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $845.52 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $2,209.00 $489.41 – $489.41
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $999.42 $186.42 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $974.37 $234.35 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,025.95 $326.00 – $2,072.00

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