Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$125.23

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.

$622.00

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.

$38.37 with HORIZON vs $606.57 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $38.37 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.00 ↓ -30%
AETNA HMO $88.39 ↓ -29%
AETNA PPO $88.39 ↓ -29%
AETNA ASA $88.39 ↓ -29%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $89.73 ↓ -28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $89.73 ↓ -28%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
CIGNA HMO $106.29 ↓ -15%
CIGNA PPO $106.29 ↓ -15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.96 ↓ -11%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $156.12 ↑ +25%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $177.89 ↑ +42%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $311.00 ↑ +148%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
HORIZON OMNIA $407.35 ↑ +225%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $428.31 ↑ +242%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $435.40 ↑ +248%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $466.50 ↑ +273%
HORIZON PIP $466.50 ↑ +273%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $491.38 ↑ +292%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $491.38 ↑ +292%
CIGNA BH $497.60 ↑ +297%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +322%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +322%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $528.70 ↑ +322%
QUALCARE HMO $548.60 ↑ +338%
QUALCARE PPO $548.60 ↑ +338%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $548.60 ↑ +338%
HORIZON HMO $592.39 ↑ +373%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $595.44 ↑ +375%
HORIZON SHP $599.23 ↑ +379%
HORIZON FEDERAL $606.57 ↑ +384%
HORIZON PPO $606.57 ↑ +384%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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