CT bone density axial 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

$103.69

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.

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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.

$55.28 with HORIZON vs $278.80 with CIGNA — 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 $55.28 ↓ -47%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $82.95 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $105.08 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $202.06 ↑ +95%
AETNA PPO $204.95 ↑ +98%
AETNA HMO $204.95 ↑ +98%
AETNA ASA $204.95 ↑ +98%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $250.18 ↑ +141%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $250.18 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $251.25 ↑ +142%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $251.25 ↑ +142%
CIGNA HMO $278.80 ↑ +169%
CIGNA PPO $278.80 ↑ +169%

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CT bone density axial at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $284.50
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $88.05 – $284.50
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $88.05 – $292.19
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $97.46 – $284.50
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $60.98 – $284.50
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $83.66 – $284.50
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $42.76 – $284.50
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $96.23 $96.23 – $284.50

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