Cardiac MRI w/stress img 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

$645.71

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.

$1,784.00

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.

$321.12 with CLOVER vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $321.12 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $446.01 ↓ -31%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $447.78 ↓ -31%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $510.22 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $516.57 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $637.97 ↓ -1%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $645.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $645.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $645.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $645.71 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $645.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $645.71 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $678.00 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $739.68 ↑ +15%
AETNA ASA $773.65 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $773.65 ↑ +20%
AETNA HMO $773.65 ↑ +20%
CIGNA HMO $819.67 ↑ +27%
CIGNA PPO $819.67 ↑ +27%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,096.72 ↑ +70%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,096.72 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,168.34 ↑ +81%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,228.46 ↑ +90%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,248.80 ↑ +93%
HORIZON PIP $1,338.00 ↑ +107%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,409.36 ↑ +118%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,409.36 ↑ +118%
CIGNA BH $1,427.20 ↑ +121%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,493.34 ↑ +131%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,493.34 ↑ +131%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,516.40 ↑ +135%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,516.40 ↑ +135%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,570.61 ↑ +143%
QUALCARE HMO $1,573.49 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE PPO $1,573.49 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,573.49 ↑ +144%
HORIZON HMO $1,699.08 ↑ +163%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,707.82 ↑ +164%
HORIZON SHP $1,718.71 ↑ +166%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,739.76 ↑ +169%
HORIZON PPO $1,739.76 ↑ +169%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +571%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $606.89 – $4,332.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $599.23 $548.30 – $4,332.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $607.42 $548.30 – $4,332.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $606.89 $606.89 – $4,332.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $645.71 $492.00 – $4,332.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $607.42 $607.42 – $4,332.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $606.89 $606.89 – $4,332.00
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