X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 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.
$790.00
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.
$89.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $790.00 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 | $89.00 | ↓ -24% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $112.98 | ↓ -4% |
| 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 | LOCAL HMO | $119.24 | ↑ +1% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $121.30 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.59 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.30 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $131.14 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | PPO | $132.86 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | HMO | $132.86 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.24 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.20 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $170.22 | ↑ +45% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $170.22 | ↑ +45% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $182.49 | ↑ +55% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $446.35 | ↑ +279% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $446.35 | ↑ +279% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $458.99 | ↑ +290% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $570.85 | ↑ +385% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $592.50 | ↑ +403% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $592.50 | ↑ +403% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $601.98 | ↑ +411% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $613.83 | ↑ +422% |
| AETNA | ASA | $618.57 | ↑ +426% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $626.79 | ↑ +433% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $632.00 | ↑ +437% |
| CIGNA | BH | $632.00 | ↑ +437% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $671.50 | ↑ +471% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $671.50 | ↑ +471% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $695.20 | ↑ +491% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $766.85 | ↑ +552% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $770.88 | ↑ +555% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $779.34 | ↑ +562% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $790.00 | ↑ +571% |
| 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 lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $159.92 | $31.97 – $244.70 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $180.53 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $176.70 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $169.46 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $234.00 | $28.00 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $177.47 | $32.91 – $244.70 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $177.04 | $41.37 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $186.41 | $45.92 – $244.70 |