Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$633.90
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.
$2,267.00
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.
$178.08 with HORIZON vs $2,267.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $178.08 | ↓ -72% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $408.06 | ↓ -36% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $507.12 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $569.02 | ↓ -10% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $578.12 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $625.05 | ↓ -1% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $633.90 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $633.90 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $633.90 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $633.90 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $633.90 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $633.90 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $648.36 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $665.59 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,057.90 | ↑ +67% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,057.90 | ↑ +67% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,067.94 | ↑ +68% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,067.94 | ↑ +68% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,067.94 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,484.66 | ↑ +134% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,513.47 | ↑ +139% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,513.47 | ↑ +139% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,561.06 | ↑ +146% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,586.90 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,700.25 | ↑ +168% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,700.25 | ↑ +168% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,790.93 | ↑ +183% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,813.60 | ↑ +186% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,926.95 | ↑ +204% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,926.95 | ↑ +204% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,926.95 | ↑ +204% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,999.49 | ↑ +215% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,999.49 | ↑ +215% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,999.49 | ↑ +215% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,040.30 | ↑ +222% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,159.09 | ↑ +241% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,170.20 | ↑ +242% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,184.03 | ↑ +245% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $2,210.78 | ↑ +249% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,210.78 | ↑ +249% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,267.00 | ↑ +258% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,267.00 | ↑ +258% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $595.79 | $256.91 – $1,325.05 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $588.26 | $256.91 – $1,325.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $596.31 | $538.27 – $1,403.35 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $595.79 | $256.91 – $1,503.68 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $633.90 | $196.44 – $1,325.05 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $596.31 | $256.91 – $1,325.05 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $595.79 | $167.69 – $1,325.05 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $588.26 | $256.91 – $1,079.54 |