Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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.

$350.00

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.

$37.14 with HORIZON vs $350.00 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.

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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 $37.14 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.00 ↓ -50%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $87.85 ↓ -30%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $100.10 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.10 ↓ -18%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $132.92 ↑ +6%
CIGNA HMO $132.92 ↑ +6%
AETNA ASA $139.86 ↑ +12%
AETNA HMO $139.86 ↑ +12%
AETNA PPO $139.86 ↑ +12%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $175.00 ↑ +40%
HORIZON OMNIA $229.22 ↑ +83%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $241.01 ↑ +92%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $245.00 ↑ +96%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $262.50 ↑ +110%
HORIZON PIP $262.50 ↑ +110%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $276.50 ↑ +121%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $276.50 ↑ +121%
CIGNA BH $280.00 ↑ +124%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $297.50 ↑ +138%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $297.50 ↑ +138%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $297.50 ↑ +138%
QUALCARE HMO $308.70 ↑ +147%
QUALCARE PPO $308.70 ↑ +147%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $308.70 ↑ +147%
HORIZON HMO $333.34 ↑ +166%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $335.06 ↑ +168%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
HORIZON SHP $337.19 ↑ +169%
HORIZON FEDERAL $341.32 ↑ +173%
HORIZON PPO $341.32 ↑ +173%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $350.00 ↑ +179%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $350.00 ↑ +179%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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