X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 NJ-33, Neptune City, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297547
$97.46
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.
$286.00
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.
$44.96 with AMERIHEALTH vs $286.00 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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| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $44.96 | ↓ -54% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $45.74 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $47.18 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $47.48 | ↓ -51% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $51.48 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $66.07 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA | PPO | $74.68 | ↓ -23% |
| AETNA | HMO | $74.68 | ↓ -23% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $78.41 | ↓ -20% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.46 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $102.33 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $106.02 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $106.02 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.23 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $116.95 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $161.59 | ↑ +66% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $161.59 | ↑ +66% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $166.17 | ↑ +71% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $206.66 | ↑ +112% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $214.50 | ↑ +120% |
| BEACON | ALL PRODUCTS | $214.50 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $217.93 | ↑ +124% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $222.22 | ↑ +128% |
| AETNA | ASA | $223.94 | ↑ +130% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $226.91 | ↑ +133% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $228.80 | ↑ +135% |
| CIGNA | BH | $228.80 | ↑ +135% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $243.10 | ↑ +149% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $243.10 | ↑ +149% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $251.68 | ↑ +158% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $277.62 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $279.08 | ↑ +186% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $282.14 | ↑ +189% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $286.00 | ↑ +193% |
| 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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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $76.39 | $22.19 – $192.46 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $68.62 | $32.23 – $196.59 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $160.50 | $21.47 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $118.31 | $22.84 – $197.58 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $84.57 | $28.71 – $206.34 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $45.75 – $219.04 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $31.92 – $250.18 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $45.75 – $106.02 |