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CT Angiogram of the Head 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

$209.65

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.

$3,443.00

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.

$167.72 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $3,645.07 with LHP HEALTH — 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $167.72 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $209.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $209.65 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $212.47 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.13 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $275.04 ↑ +31%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $546.42 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $552.17 ↑ +163%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $552.17 ↑ +163%
CIGNA PPO $582.01 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HMO $582.01 ↑ +178%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $619.74 ↑ +196%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $707.89 ↑ +238%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $707.89 ↑ +238%
AETNA PPO $709.60 ↑ +238%
AETNA ASA $709.60 ↑ +238%
AETNA HMO $709.60 ↑ +238%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $864.19 ↑ +312%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $984.70 ↑ +370%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,254.82 ↑ +976%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,370.85 ↑ +1031%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,410.10 ↑ +1050%
HORIZON PIP $2,582.25 ↑ +1132%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,582.25 ↑ +1132%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,719.97 ↑ +1197%
CIGNA BH $2,754.40 ↑ +1214%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,926.55 ↑ +1296%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,926.55 ↑ +1296%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,926.55 ↑ +1296%
QUALCARE HMO $3,036.73 ↑ +1348%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,036.73 ↑ +1348%
QUALCARE PPO $3,036.73 ↑ +1348%
HORIZON HMO $3,279.11 ↑ +1464%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,295.98 ↑ +1472%
HORIZON SHP $3,316.99 ↑ +1482%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,357.61 ↑ +1502%
HORIZON PPO $3,357.61 ↑ +1502%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,645.07 ↑ +1639%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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CT Angiogram of the Head at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $2,926.55
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $194.55 $178.02 – $2,926.55

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