X-ray wrist 2 views (both sides) 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

$97.46

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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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$481.00

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.

$36.37 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $481.00 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $36.37 ↓ -63%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $52.78 ↓ -46%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.69 ↓ -45%
AETNA PPO $60.12 ↓ -38%
AETNA HMO $60.12 ↓ -38%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.64 ↓ -36%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $79.85 ↓ -18%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.58 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HMO $92.43 ↓ -5%
CIGNA PPO $92.43 ↓ -5%
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%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.23 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $111.11 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $116.95 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $271.77 ↑ +179%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $271.77 ↑ +179%
QUALCARE HMO $279.46 ↑ +187%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $347.57 ↑ +257%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $360.75 ↑ +270%
BEACON ALL PRODUCTS $360.75 ↑ +270%
HORIZON PIP $366.52 ↑ +276%
QUALCARE PPO $373.74 ↑ +283%
AETNA ASA $376.62 ↑ +286%
HORIZON OMNIA $381.63 ↑ +292%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $384.80 ↑ +295%
CIGNA BH $384.80 ↑ +295%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $408.85 ↑ +320%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $408.85 ↑ +320%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $423.28 ↑ +334%
HORIZON SHP $466.91 ↑ +379%
HORIZON HMO $469.36 ↑ +382%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $474.51 ↑ +387%
HORIZON PPO $481.00 ↑ +394%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UBH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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X-ray wrist 2 views (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $190.80 $69.17 – $69.17
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $210.00 $13.81 – $655.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $36.37 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $20.53 – $250.18
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $36.37 – $96.23
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $48.02 – $231.98
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $22.65 – $219.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $31.07 – $219.04

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