Pelvic CT scan (without 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

$117.70

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.

$1,980.00

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.

$117.70 with VACCN vs $2,218.00 with QUALCARE — 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 $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.30 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.24 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $249.60 ↑ +112%
CIGNA PPO $254.78 ↑ +116%
CIGNA HMO $254.78 ↑ +116%
AETNA HMO $266.93 ↑ +127%
AETNA PPO $266.93 ↑ +127%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $328.68 ↑ +179%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $334.81 ↑ +184%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $334.81 ↑ +184%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $356.40 ↑ +203%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $457.38 ↑ +289%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $531.69 ↑ +352%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $540.88 ↑ +360%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +452%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +507%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,366.20 ↑ +1061%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,430.75 ↑ +1116%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $1,485.00 ↑ +1162%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,485.00 ↑ +1162%
HORIZON PIP $1,508.76 ↑ +1182%
AETNA ASA $1,550.34 ↑ +1217%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,570.93 ↑ +1235%
CIGNA BH $1,584.00 ↑ +1246%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,683.00 ↑ +1330%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,797.84 ↑ +1427%
HORIZON SHP $1,921.99 ↑ +1533%
HORIZON HMO $1,932.08 ↑ +1542%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,953.27 ↑ +1560%
HORIZON PPO $1,980.00 ↑ +1582%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +1670%
QUALCARE PPO $2,218.00 ↑ +1784%
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $379.15 $70.61 – $513.22
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $428.03 $119.31 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $418.94 $116.22 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $401.77 $119.31 – $726.00
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $820.50 $143.64 – $143.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $420.76 $72.69 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $419.75 $91.38 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $441.97 $117.70 – $726.00

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