Artery x-rays lung at Hackensack University Medical Center

30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,706.68

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.

$8,507.00

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.

$208.14 with HORIZON vs $8,849.68 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $208.14 ↓ -94%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $246.85 ↓ -93%
CIGNA PPO $270.88 ↓ -93%
CIGNA HMO $270.88 ↓ -93%
AETNA HMO $300.75 ↓ -92%
AETNA PPO $300.75 ↓ -92%
AETNA ASA $300.75 ↓ -92%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,531.26 ↓ -59%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,135.26 ↓ -42%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,433.00 ↓ -34%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $2,965.35 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,686.08 ↓ -1%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,892.02 ↑ +5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,253.50 ↑ +15%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,571.23 ↑ +50%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,857.92 ↑ +58%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,954.90 ↑ +61%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,380.25 ↑ +72%
HORIZON PIP $6,380.25 ↑ +72%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,720.53 ↑ +81%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $6,720.53 ↑ +81%
CIGNA BH $6,805.60 ↑ +84%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,230.95 ↑ +95%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,230.95 ↑ +95%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,230.95 ↑ +95%
QUALCARE HMO $7,503.17 ↑ +102%
QUALCARE PPO $7,503.17 ↑ +102%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,503.17 ↑ +102%
HORIZON HMO $8,102.07 ↑ +119%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,143.75 ↑ +120%
HORIZON SHP $8,195.64 ↑ +121%
HORIZON FEDERAL $8,296.03 ↑ +124%
HORIZON PPO $8,296.03 ↑ +124%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,507.00 ↑ +130%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,507.00 ↑ +130%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,849.68 ↑ +139%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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