Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$284.66

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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$2,653.00

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.

$227.73 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $4,324.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $227.73 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $283.37 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $284.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $298.90 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $445.80 ↑ +57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $477.54 ↑ +68%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $665.90 ↑ +134%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $758.76 ↑ +167%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,313.24 ↑ +361%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,737.45 ↑ +510%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,826.86 ↑ +542%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,857.10 ↑ +552%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,989.75 ↑ +599%
HORIZON PIP $1,989.75 ↑ +599%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,095.87 ↑ +636%
CIGNA BH $2,122.40 ↑ +646%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,255.05 ↑ +692%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,255.05 ↑ +692%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,255.05 ↑ +692%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,339.95 ↑ +722%
QUALCARE HMO $2,339.95 ↑ +722%
QUALCARE PPO $2,339.95 ↑ +722%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,387.70 ↑ +739%
HORIZON HMO $2,526.72 ↑ +788%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,539.72 ↑ +792%
HORIZON SHP $2,555.90 ↑ +798%
CIGNA PPO $2,566.78 ↑ +802%
CIGNA HMO $2,566.78 ↑ +802%
HORIZON FEDERAL $2,587.21 ↑ +809%
HORIZON PPO $2,587.21 ↑ +809%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,653.00 ↑ +832%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,653.00 ↑ +832%
AETNA HMO $2,756.14 ↑ +868%
AETNA PPO $2,756.14 ↑ +868%
AETNA ASA $2,756.14 ↑ +868%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,135.00 ↑ +1353%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,324.00 ↑ +1419%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $1,207.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $241.72 – $1,179.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $241.72 – $1,573.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $267.55 – $1,271.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $284.66 $284.66 – $2,744.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $267.78 – $1,190.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $267.55 – $1,036.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $264.17 $264.17 – $1,114.00

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