X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$117.70
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.
$759.00
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.
$84.68 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $759.00 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 |
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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $84.68 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA | PPO | $110.01 | ↓ -7% |
| AETNA | HMO | $110.01 | ↓ -7% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $115.46 | ↓ -2% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $117.28 | ↓ -0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $119.31 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.59 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $125.99 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.30 | ↑ +9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $136.62 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.24 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $171.46 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $171.46 | ↑ +46% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.33 | ↑ +49% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $428.84 | ↑ +264% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $428.84 | ↑ +264% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $440.98 | ↑ +275% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $548.45 | ↑ +366% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $569.25 | ↑ +384% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $569.25 | ↑ +384% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $578.36 | ↑ +391% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $589.74 | ↑ +401% |
| AETNA | ASA | $594.30 | ↑ +405% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $602.19 | ↑ +412% |
| CIGNA | BH | $607.20 | ↑ +416% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $607.20 | ↑ +416% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $645.15 | ↑ +448% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $645.15 | ↑ +448% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $667.92 | ↑ +467% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $736.76 | ↑ +526% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $740.63 | ↑ +529% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $748.75 | ↑ +536% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $759.00 | ↑ +545% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UBH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $343.20 | $124.41 – $124.41 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $173.81 | $32.67 – $251.64 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $255.97 | $51.76 – $251.64 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $192.05 | $51.76 – $251.64 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $239.27 | $51.76 – $251.64 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $247.50 | $31.56 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $251.62 | $33.63 – $251.64 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $192.42 | $42.28 – $251.64 |