Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$267.55
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.
$3,047.00
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.
$267.55 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN 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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| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $267.55 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $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 | $408.55 | ↑ +53% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $505.80 | ↑ +89% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $509.57 | ↑ +90% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $509.57 | ↑ +90% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $548.46 | ↑ +105% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $650.00 | ↑ +143% |
| AETNA | HMO | $653.50 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA | PPO | $653.50 | ↑ +144% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $703.86 | ↑ +163% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $707.07 | ↑ +164% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $707.07 | ↑ +164% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $928.50 | ↑ +247% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $944.55 | ↑ +253% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +255% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,083.00 | ↑ +679% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,102.43 | ↑ +686% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,159.00 | ↑ +707% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,201.76 | ↑ +723% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,321.81 | ↑ +768% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,385.80 | ↑ +792% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,417.49 | ↑ +804% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,437.60 | ↑ +811% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,589.95 | ↑ +868% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,957.72 | ↑ +1005% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,973.26 | ↑ +1011% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,005.87 | ↑ +1023% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,047.00 | ↑ +1039% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,145.00 | ↑ +1075% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,903.00 | ↑ +1359% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +1519% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $519.92 | $115.59 – $896.25 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $571.07 | $271.19 – $2,072.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $574.49 | $264.17 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $617.78 | $271.19 – $2,072.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $561.36 | $118.99 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $575.60 | $149.58 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $606.07 | $267.55 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |