Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic 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.
$2,669.00
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.
$240.37 with KARNA vs $14,615.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $240.37 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $443.05 | ↓ -49% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $480.42 | ↓ -45% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $616.54 | ↓ -29% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $874.49 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $918.21 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $953.19 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,049.38 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,827.00 | ↑ +109% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,001.75 | ↑ +129% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,001.75 | ↑ +129% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,033.78 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,073.81 | ↑ +137% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,089.83 | ↑ +139% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,117.58 | ↑ +142% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,135.20 | ↑ +144% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,268.65 | ↑ +159% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,268.65 | ↑ +159% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,331.64 | ↑ +167% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,348.72 | ↑ +169% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,590.80 | ↑ +196% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,604.41 | ↑ +198% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,632.97 | ↑ +201% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,640.71 | ↑ +202% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,669.00 | ↑ +205% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,165.00 | ↑ +376% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,412.00 | ↑ +405% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,944.00 | ↑ +465% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,973.00 | ↑ +469% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +615% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +1062% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +1067% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,202.00 | ↑ +1067% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $14,615.00 | ↑ +1571% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i thoracic at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $133.01 – $1,726.88 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $231.45 – $1,772.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $231.45 – $1,718.25 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $231.45 – $1,763.90 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $136.92 – $1,772.76 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $172.13 – $1,851.54 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $231.45 – $1,740.24 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $874.49 – $1,049.38 |